Leaving Perth on Wednesday morning, we cruised our way down to Dunsborough, for the 3-hour trip south.

We packed everything that we would possibly need for the 10-day trip, we had all the luxuries with us including candles and scented oils for taking luxurious baths.

We had organic dates by the handful, vegetarian cookbooks and some new ingredients ready to indulge ourselves with delicious and nutritious culinary delights.

We are excited to be here, who wouldn’t be? In our own self-contained cottage, with a wood burner, piles of ready chopped wood, surrounded by 300 acres of natural bush land, filled with organic fruit literally falling off the trees and kangaroos for company.

Of course having this experience with Vibodha (E.J.) is the greatest of them all, he is such an amazing husband, so gentle and so kind and so loving.

We are having a wonderfully memorable time.

I have just woken up from a lazy afternoon nap [Monday], the tiredness sometimes gets the better of me and I rest and recuperate.

This time I was soothed to sleep by Vibodha laying his hand on my tummy playing gently with our baby’s feet.

Baby Mai is playing around loads now kicking and moving and seemingly having fun in there!!

We are just as delighted on the outside, expressing love and surprise at every new movement and wriggle.

Thursday we took it really easy, just resting and relaxing, taking walks and baths and preparing soup.

I had two “Journeys” booked in from clients who were down south and it seemed a perfect time to facilitate them so that was my day.

On the Journey day, Friday, Vibodha went out adventuring and exploring and he will tell you all about his intrepid voyages!! - see Climbing Sugarloaf Rock

On the way to Augusta we passed through Margaret River, a charming place with lots to see and do.

Margaret River is situated in Western Australia’s South West premier wine region and is located inland between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin.

[Famous for the Cape-to-Cape walk].

This region is also popular with the surfers.

(Though I have to say, surfing in a rainstorm is a little much... these Australians, I tell you...)

See
Why AUSSIES
ARE CRAZY!!

Next we took the scenic drive through the pretty “karri” trees of Boranup Forest stopping the car to hear the sound of strange birds and combined only with deep and pure silence, simply divine!

A picnic lunch later and further south we made our way to Hamelin Bay.

The Hamelin Bay Area is all sacred Aboriginal Women’s Land.

The bay was sweeping with pure white sand and the ruins of the pier were amazing.

Reading the history of the pier brought all sorts of things to my mind and imagination.

Only 100 years before this area was busy with ships coming into the Hamelin Bay Port, built to accommodate the karri wood industry. (photo 1)

Looking out into the sea on the deserted beach was a strange sensation when comparing it to the past. (photo 2 >>)

Ordinarily we tend to watch things being built and growing.

The elderly have to tolerate immense new changes to their landscape.

In this case it was shockingly obvious - the change.

We took a walk up to the Hamelin Bay lookout and a man walking by said, “Taking the family for a walk?” (Me being pregnant and all.)

That made us smile!!

We continued on our journey… to… guess where?…

To SEE THE WHALES…yes…we went whale watching at 2pm that afternoon. See the Whales in Augusta, click here.

For the next two days we lay low and relaxed in the comfort of our little studio haven.

We talked, read, researched on the Internet, created our baby birth plan, made our list of things still to get ready for the birth and eat delicious nutritious cuisine.

We made fresh fruit salad from the fruits in the orchard and drank healthy lemon and lime water – yum!

We took the dog, Bindi, for long walks in the bush too.

On Wednesday we headed out to Busselton, which is about 20km away from Dunsborough.

It is famous for its Jetty which is the longest wooden structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

We walked it. Four kilometers there and back.

Check out:
Our Busselton Experience - a Walk onto the Ocean

It was quite scary at first . The waves were so big I thought I might have been soaked.

I wanted to run away.

E.J. said, “you’ll be fine, just stay there, you'll see...”

I did and had great fun!

He, on the otherhand climbed out on to the top of it!

See the photos of Yallingup Coast, Western Australia.