We left Perth with heavy hearts after a fantastic time there. We were up early on our last day, finished our packing and as instructed, rung our car hire company to tell them we were on the way. The man on the other end of the phone informed us that we had been upgraded to a hybrid which we were pretty pleased about as it would be very economical, we set off to catch the bus in high spirits. We arrived about an hour later, to be told that we weren't allowed to take a hybrid to Adelaide, so maybe that city has banned them or just has a very big dislike of them. We were then told that the manager had rung the store and that we were to be upgraded again.The receptionist pointed out of the window at  a land cruiser and muttered" It will be something like that is that OK? We nodded meekly believing that anything would be better than a hatchback. We completed the paperwork and were duly given the keys to the very land cruiser he had pointed to. Result, we ended up with a six foot tall , 3 litre land cruiser .
We drove it back to Richard and Margaret's with some trepidation, as the hire outlet was right in the city centre of Perth.
We loaded it up and set off south, the drive was good and we ended up in Dunsborough. This town has a proliferation of campsites on its outskirts so as you drive in you see as neighbours the catholic youth camp, the baptist camp, the Methodist camp, the Anglican youth camp,the scouts and last but by no means least the Seventh Day Adventist camp.
Dunsborough was peaceful, with a beautiful turquoise coast line which we explored at some length trying to find our way to the lighthouse on Cape Naturaliste. We eventually found it and went for a majestic walk along what could have been Cornish cliffs. The views were out of this world.
Dunsborough itself was small and quiet, a town awaiting the Summer holiday rush. We walked around it in 15 minutes in the dark as the rain began to make us wet. So much for sunny Australia.