Got the kit!

At last the caravan arrived and we were able to kit it out with all the gear we had been accumulating in Pete & Fiona's garage. We immediately set off down south for a few days to try everything out. The first night was spent in Bunbury (surf and dolphin territory) with friends of Charles and Mandy who were good enough to feed and water us, though we camped in the garden to get used to the set up. We then set off for Busselton where we found a great campsite right on the beach and established camp for a couple of nights. Busselton is famous for it's jetty which stretches 2 kms out to sea (originally for logging trade - now for casual fishing). There's an underwater observatory 8m under at the end but it was too murky to see anything when we walked along. This area is also famous for wineries and looks very prosperous. The flowers growing wild at the side of the road would cost a fortune in florists at home - (Gary did get me a bunch of canna lilies!!)
Jack here: In the morning we went to Cape Naturaliste to look for whales (none). Then we went to the Margaret River chocolate factory( good but expensive!). After lunch we went to see the surf beach at Prevally. This is where the Margaret river meets the sea. We decided to try out our new kayaks and launched just at the beach and went upriver. We pedalled upriver for 1.5 hours and it was easy - even Mum and Kate could do it! We stopped at cliffs where there were caves with stalagmites and stalagtites and a huge honey bee honeycomb. We were out for about 3.5 hours and got back just before it got dark. Then I had a huge fillet steak in a french restaurant in the town! THe next day we cycled into Busselton (7kms) along the beach paths. Kate had to go to the doctors to get her horrible blistered heel seen to, then we set off back to Perth to pick up our final supplies.