Life and Times of M&G: Pemberton WA Trip

Graham and I went away to Pemberton Western Australia last weekend. It was a great 4 day trip, and our first time going away together (not visiting family) in over 2 years. So this trip was long overdue!

Kerri Forrest

On our way down to the southern part of Western Australia we drove threw a rainbow!!! It was amazing!! All the other cars on the highway around us seemed just as excited, people had cameras out, big smiles, and lots of funny faces as we drove threw this huge rainbow. It was so bright, and you could see each color reflecting off the windshield and hood of the car.. Graham was sad that there was no pot of gold on the other side.. just rain and a grey sky. But it was really cool.

Our trip was full of wonderful meals. We stopped at one of our favorite winerys, well it is our favorite West Australian winery. The Wine & Truffle Company in Manjimup WA.

http://wineandtruffle.com.au/truffle-hill-wines

The winery also has a beautiful restaurant, where we shared two dishes (smoked chicken and marron, with all kinds of truffle goodies, pate, spreads and bread) and enjoyed a bottle of white wine.

After this delicious lunch we headed out and enjoyed a little fly fishing. It was a beautiful day. Half way through the fly fishing I gave up as nothing was biting and just enjoyed the local birds. Three fairy wrens had been following me around the lake making all kinds of noise, so I just enjoyed their company for awhile. My Mom would have loved this!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_Fairywren

We rented a nice little mud cottage at a place known for its wildlife. Warren River Cottages. We had a nice two bedroom cottage with a wood fire and full kitchen. The perfect place to hang out and sit in front of the fire with a glass of wine and a beautiful meal. It was fun to have a fire place and take turns keeping the fire burning. Some of you who know me well know that I have a hard time sleeping at night. I wake up about 4 times during the night and just roam the house. On our trip I discovered this was a perfect sleeping habit for keeping a fire going all night for warmth. Graham slept safe and sound as I kept the fire roaring all night long!!

On our last full day in Pemberton a big storm blew in falling trees and pulling power lines down. We lost power on our last night and decided to play a few games of scrabble by candle light in front of the fire. It was a lot of fun, after 4 games of normal scrabble we made it a little more interesting and played a game where you could only use words related to cats or cats you have known!! Having over 5 cats growing up and 1 big fat cat now you know I had lots of cat related words. Part of the game was telling your opponent how that word was related to cats.. Then your opponent decided if the word was appropriate to play or not. We thought of some good ones! Names/cat sounds are acceptable playing words..

We also enjoyed the meals at the Pemberton Pub, we both had smoked trout for dinner and then took up a place sitting at a table next to the front doors of the pub.. many people said hello as they passed, we started to feel like locals ourselves!!

Pemberton Pub knows as the Pemberton Hotel

It was so nice to get away together.. We love spending time in the Kerri Forrest with the BIG trees, and just enjoying the bush and local wildlife and people!

A few photos from our trip!