Thierings on Tour

This morning I had some long meetings and training sessions, so Chris and the kids had a slow start to the day with finishing up some of the pack down, leisurely making breakfast and watching a bit of TV in the camp kitchen.

Once I was all done we headed off down south and on the Mandurah Giants trail. These giants are dotted around the Mandurah coast in quirky locations and all tell a unique story. Unfortunately, I got the order of visiting them wrong when I put the details in the GPS, so we ended up having to miss one.

The first one was Yaburgurt, a gentle giant lying down and yarning after eating too much, a perfect pose for climbing and exploring. 

Santi Ikto was on the coast and has the worst parking options, with all streets in the surrounding suburbia having specific signs forbidding people to park there to access the giant statue. We managed to park up eventually and walked along the impressive coastline to the elevated view of where the giant was sitting. Pretty good spot, that would be me if I had to be a giant.

Lastly we arrived at the last of our giants stops at Seba’s Song. It was a fairly long walk out and once we got there, we realised that he was perched up on the rock wall looking out to the water, which made it hard to truly appreciate or photograph the giant. Jazzy and Izzy tried to climb to the front, but we had to stop them for fear of them slipping and falling in the water… 

After that, everyone was starving and we quickly stopped to grab a bite to eat and stumbled upon a great butcher to top up meat supplies. Scarlett also discovered her hairdresser shop, although they spelt her name wrong on the sign.

Then it was finally off to Bunbury, our base for the next couple of nights. Just as we approached the caravan park, I was super excited to see a giant Stem Cell Donors Australia billboard on rotation and in fact we could see it from our campsite. 

The girls loved the jumping pillow and playground, burning yet more energy for a while, but it was starting to get cold and the rain factor wasn’t promising for the next few days…

Kms travelled – 170