Day 8: Laundry Day! Shower Day!

31 March: into Dwellingup, about 20km


I left Chadoora camp site in light drizzle, but didn’t really care - I was on my way into “town”, namely Dwellingup. According to Wikipedia it has a population of 383. 


The walk was a little uninspiring this morning, lots of walking near a railroad track (which is only used twice a week for a historic steam train). The trail was very overgrown, probably because most people just walk on the railroad tracks, which is what I ended up doing as well. 





 There was so much bird life today though - I saw lots of emu scats (!), a tiny blue wren sitting on a Bibbulmun track sign, a scarlet robin and lots of black cockatoos again. 




I got to Dwellingup by mid day and treated myself to a flat white and scones at the Blue Wren Cafe. A funky little place for a small town. 






I still haven’t figured out how to turn these photos, I’ll do it when I get access via a computer. 

I had booked a walker’s room at the local caravan park - pretty basic, but they have laundry facilities and showers, so all the important things! 
What I hadn’t considered was that a caravan park doesn’t provide the little amenities like small shampoo and shower gel bottles like the hotels I used to stay in “in the time before” (COVID, that is... like, when I used to do business trips and stuff...). And something soapy was definitely needed to get clean... so, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure:-) I found an almost empty shower gel in the trash, which was just fine for my first shower in over a week. And hair that hasn’t been washed in a week definitely shows improvement after a treatment of “Morning Glory” from the camp kitchen 😂 (I still have 6 weeks to decide whether I tell my trusted hair dresser Steph about this...). 
Laundry done and showered, I put on my thermals (my only clean items of clothing left) and went off to explore town - there’s a great brand new information centre, I got myself an ice cream at the IGA and bought a few bits and pieces for the next section. 



It also looks like I’m not the only one wondering about the impact of mining and logging on the landscape... 


I spent quite a bit of time on updating the blog and then treated myself to a dinner that’s not mushy and out of one single pot: 






Comments

  1. CorkyApril 1, 2021 at 5:50 PM

    Yay, milestone 1 done. Congratulations.

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  2. JodyApril 1, 2021 at 9:18 PM

    love it! we should have sent all our saved hotel items to you on the trail! while your meandering through your walk! the rest of us are celebrating the beginning of the Easter long weekend! Esp me .... 2 weeks off ! but will be watching your adventures and sharing King Island adventures 😍

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