DAY 1 Perth - Norseman

Day One


The Champagne is mostly out of our bloodstream and the tears are now dry. The car is loaded and there is just enough space for us to squeeze in. The sadness is a distant memory as our excitement starts to bubble.

On Day one we journey from Perth to Balladonia (Well that was the idea.)One thing we didn't realise was that leaving late on day one would mean that our original stopping locations would change for most of the trip.

Our transition from our farewell festivities to hitting the road may have been a factor in not leaving at the desired time resulting in only making it to Norseman before night fall.

We left at 9 am and traveled through Perth Hills slowly noticing the change of landscape, fly numbers and quality of mullets. Heading towards Kalgoorlie the landscape was extremely lovely with the contrast of Greens versus Reds being the most notable part. We saw an emu and its babies along the road just before Kalgoorlie.

All the other animals we saw were by the looks of things on the menu at the Glamorous Norseman Hotel Motel. Road Kill Cuisine! Road Kill Steaks, Road Kill Soup and Road Kill Dessert! Apparently Vegetarians are not supposed to drive across Australia. We had to settle with a $15 tinned Asparagus Soup with a touch of dried Parsley, followed by a Garlic Prawn with Sauce that reminded me of the 1958 film TheBlob! 
However we were pleasantly surprised with the selection of Wine. Later finding out that the Hotel Motel is owned by Sandalford Wineries. We had a bottle of 2010 Sandalford Cabernet Merlot, which due to our exhaustion almost had us sleeping in our Soup.

Accommodation was simple and expensive. $145 to lay our weary heads down in stained bedding (we used our own) with the room smelling like cheap, nasty disinfectant.