Southwest - Caves, Aborigine experience, chocolate and beaches

G'Day mates,

We were allowed to sleep in until 7am (still way too early for me) before we packed the tents and swags one last time, had a shower and breakfast and took off together with the other group to the NgILGI caves. Josh who is half Aborigine and half Australian explained us how the Aborigine see the area, the animal, the trees, plants and the caves.

 

He took us down to the caves, told us a story about how the human being has been created to be the caretaker of the plants and animals. Then he played on the didgeridoo in the caves which was absolutely amazing.

 

After that we were allowed to explore the caves on our own for 30 minutes. It is fairly steep and quite narrow in some places.

Back overground Josh demonstrated how Aborigines would make their hunting weapons, explained some hunting techniques and showed us how to make a fire.

Then he played two different digeridoos while we gave the beat with sticks and boomerangs. He explained it so well, it was absolutely great!

Asha and Dennis changed to the other bus as they had a much shorter to-do-list left for this day and would arrive in Perth earlier than us. So we said Good-Bye and sat off to the beach near Margret River to have a look at the surfers.

As it was Good Friday the winery we wanted to go to was closed, so we headed straight for the Chocolate Factory for some FREE chocolate tasting and a wander around that massive shop.

In a little park in Margret River we had our last wrap-sandwich lunch with some Guun and then explored the small city center. This is the mighty Margret River.

At 3pm we stopped at another beach, Beverly Point. A famous surfer beach where just a few weeks ago one of the world surf championship competitions has been held.

Then we drove another 40 minutes to Busselton to have a quick look at this really long jetty that used to be even longer.

  

On the last stretch towards Perth we actually wanted to have one last dinner together although this was not included in the tour anymore. But we couldn’t find an open supermarket on the way and then we would have the issue to find a BBQ with lights and washing facilities. So we skipped that and drove straight to Perth. Damian dropped Chrystelle, Q-Yuan, Erin, Maria and me at the Esplanade Busport. A quick Good-Bye to make it not too sad and then we were off. At the busport we had to wait over 30 minutes for our buses. Mine came first and I said Good-Bye to everyone. But I really hope to see them again soon.

Looking back this was probably the worst tour I have ever been to but mainly because of the bus breakdown and what can you do about that? Of course Damian could have been more informed and more organized but I liked him as a person anyway and really had the feeling that he did his best to make the trip as enjoyable for us as possible. On the other hand I have to say that was the best trip I have ever done without Markus. Not only because the landscape and the beaches were so beautiful but mainly because of the people. It was an awesome crowd! I enjoyed the company very much and it was so much easier to deal with all that hassle. Thank you so much!

I came back to the house of my host family and found it empty as expected. This very morning on Good Friday they left with their friends who came over from France to a weeks’ holiday in Shark Bay. So until next week Sunday I have an empty house, no work to do except for some house cleaning tasks and a car available to do some trips. Hmm, I better come up with some great daytrips to make the most of this situation! Stay tuned.

Yours cave-exploring-and-Aborigine-culture-experiencing Stefanie