Stirling Ranges

The weather forecast for Perth was 40 degrees plus for the next 3 days, so we decided to extend our holiday a little to avoid the heat. We booked in at the Stirling Range Caravan Park for a night, but on arrival there we realised there was no escape at all!  The heatwave was everywhere! We had been there a couple of times before in milder conditions and I had actually climbed Bluff Knoll twice (the highest peak in WA).  This time, I walked 100 metres down the track at 5.30 p.m. and decided it was not a good idea! Time to go back to our rammed earth chalet for a beer and a stir fry for Chinese New Year.

Rammed earth cabin

Bluff Knoll

Grass tree on lower slopes

Neighbouring peaks

Next morning, after an early morning swim, we set off home via the one-horse town of Borden. I always have to say this rhyme when I pass through:

Lizzie Borden took an axe

And gave her mother forty whacks.

When she saw what she had done,

She gave her father forty-one.