We arrived at Margaret River and followed Paulas directions, or so I thought. Found the road, saw the farm gate and opened it up and headed in. After a couple of klms. on a rough drive, trees scratching the side of the bus, thru dense looking bush, we figured we were lost and I had stuffed up. Managed to turn around, I got out and walked down the road, breaking off branches along the way, got out the gate, looked at the directions and realised MY mistake!!!!!!!! Yes had turned too early and was driving on the neighbours farm. Found the right way in and arrived in Paradise.!!!! Paula and Domenic have 201 acres of natural bush with an area cleared for their home and paddocks for the cows. The house is lovely set on a large dam/lake. They have done an incredible lot of hard work to get it to this stage but it is truly jaw dropping gorgeous. We loved our time here, their hospitality and generosity was wonderful. Paula and Domenic took us out and showed us around both Margaret River and down the coast to Augusta. Enjoyed a picnic on the banks of the river and just had a really nice time with these two plus sally the dog. As I type this we are a a few days away from Margaret River now but there are very serious bushfires burning not far from them. They are Ok and we hope that stays the same for them. The beaches and towns that they took us to and the roads we travelled are all clear in our minds and we can visualise where the fires are and the impact that it is having. At Prevelly where the surfing comps are held has one road in and out. The people have been evacuated to the beach as I type. It was interesting because we were just discussing the isolation of these town as regards to fires when Paula was showing us around.
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