Busselton and Wildflowers
Dear Fam and Friends, We left Ben, Victoria and boys at Benger after having had a fabulous time at their farm. We were so sad to leave, and this made us realise that we were missing our own families more than we had realised. The weather had turned very miserable with freezing winds and rain, all of which added to our feelings. It was only a 100km south to Busselton, taking a pretty drive in from the main coast road (Highway 1), rather like Gippsland’s rolling green hills, although I’m sure it browns off in summer. As mentioned previously, there had been extraordinary rainfall throughout the region and the paddocks were saturated; a mix of dairy and stud cattle farms predominantly, with plenty of lush pasture. At Busselton I had booked through our time share a two-bedroom Sebel apartment south of the city, beautifully located on the beach, if only the weather had been more hospitable, we could have enjoyed the walks along the beach front, but the cold weathe...