gracetown revisited

it's that time of year again: my birthday and our wedding anniversary. our 3rd! wow, how time flies! as it's a long weekend in WA, we headed down to gracetown for a bit of r and r.

i had planned to head south with my friend, as john was supposed to be flying out to the gold coast on the 26th. he was going to be doing chiro for unigames. his plan of trickery was going swimmingly, until i started packing up the car and realized his pipe-case was in the car (it's a hard-shell carry on suitcase). his plan started falling to pieces when i asked why it was in the car. needless to say, he managed to hold off on surprising me until the morning we were to head south.

though we've been to gracetown and margaret river before, it's always a great place to go for a long weekend. and now that the perth to bunbury "super highway" has been completed (i use that term loosely), it's a much nicer drive. the highway has allows perthites to bypass the most craptastic part of the drive from perth to margaret river. it shaves a good 30 mins off the drive, mostly because it's a proper highway now, not just a 2-lane-get-stuck-behind-a-truck-for-hours type highway.

the weekend was much as intended- good food, good drinks, evenings by the roaring fire and lazing about during the day. we did do a good hike up the coast on sunday morning- we even saw a humpback breeching off the coast. we also discovered a wonderful little farmer's market on saturday morning and were able to grab some snacks for the evening (vegan snacks, no less!)

unfortunately we had to leave relatively early on monday morning so that john could catch his recently changed flight, and head off to the gold coast. after i dropped him at the airport, i went to see metric with some friends. a great way to end a long weekend.

can't wait for the next one!
xo