On Tuesday afternoon, we packed up all our gear for an overnight stay with my sister and her girls, picked the kids up from school on the way past and headed up to Newdegate, the little country town where I born and raised, for it's annual MachineryFieldDays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newdegate,_Western_Australia - follow the link to find out more about my thriving little
hometown! Doesnt sound like much but it was THE best place to grow up!
Anyhow, to get to Newdegate from our farm only takes a couple of hours, and if like us, you choose to
take the bush track instead of the highway, you will go down Cascade Rd. Out here on this red dirt road, are some
of the wildest potholes and zaniest Aussie critters, and also some of our beautIful Australian wildflowers.
We have some stunning wildflowers down here in South Eastern WA, including numerous varieties of banksia,
Red leschunultias, chittocks, kangaroo paws and a few amazingly rare and delicate orchids, growing in some of
the toughest conditions in the country. It is one of my favourite roads in country WA, and Ive been on quite a few
of them, but I love it's unique flora and fauna and the way when you get to the top of a hill, you can see the red
Road stretching on ahead of you for miles and miles in the distance. It really seems like the road goes on forever.
You are almost guaranteed to see some form of wildlife out there, especially around the dams, dug for
Shire water usage to do roadworks, in the morning or late afternoon. We have seen emus, gazillions of roos, brushtail wallabies, wedge tailed eagles, the odd wild dog, snakes, goannas & lizards. Quite often of it's dry out there in the bush, the wildlife comes out in full force to drink at the dams or to feed, and my sister and I counted 48 emus in 1 trip alone once. (That 48 almost became 47 too, when one decided to take on the ute! Crazy bird!)
If you ever get the chance to drive Cascade Rd, do it. I'm sure you'll enjoy the experience.
Cheers, till next time!
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