The last day of winter, but still very wet weather at the moment. I looked at the weather radar and it looked like we were not going to be rained on.
Mt Dale is the furtherest walk from home in my guide book. Mt Dale is approximately 45km east of Perth. We also had about 17km of gravel roads. The Fiesta hasn't been on many gravel roads and handled the rough road quite well. Although it changed its colour to a light brown, requiring a wash down when I arrived home.
Mt Dale is the second highest point on the Darling Scarpe at 546 metres. Mt Cooke further south is a little bit higher. Not a high point as far as mountain tops go, but still an impressive view from the top. Haven't been here before and it was quite beautiful taking in the view across the Jarrah forest.
The walk was around the hill top, only a little over 2 kilometres but extremely pleasant with many wild flowers appearing. It was cool, but not cold, the undergrowth was wet, but nothing too unbearable.
On the way home we intended to have breakfast at Roley on the Ridge in Roleystone. It was closed and I suggested Thornlie Square Cafe, he was not thrilled so we settled for Kent Street Weir Cafe. There is so much water going over the weir that you can see the weir at the moment. It has been raining constantly for the last five days. August rainfall is above average.
Nice to have a nice toilet block in the middle of the bush!
Sundew plants that feeds off catching insects in its sticky leaves
Kim passed through this way some weeks ago, we walked on a small part of the Bibulman Track
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