Ten minutes on a bus or about forty five minutes leisurely walking will bring you to a lovely little beach � Middleton Beach. Here, the young folk, and the older ones too in the summer, come for a dip after their days work is finished.
A little further round the bend, and past the Natural Golf Links, there is another beach � Emu Point. The view from here is very lovely. The sand is white and the water is pale green and very clear. Boating and fishing here is quite a common practice.
Just two miles out of town brings you into Bush Country, and along the King Road brings you to the King River and the Kalgon River. The natural beauty and colouring is always a pleasure to see.
The Australian trees and country is very unlike the English. There are so many different kinds of trees. Of course, we have arrived in the winter time, and do not see it at its best.
The roads are brown, stony, dust roads � real Australian roads, and are hard on the wear and tear of motor tyres.
Twenty miles or so away is a grand place, one of the nicest, most peaceful beaches you could ever wish to see � Nanarup. It is for all the world like a picture postcard come to life. These are the only beaches we have seen so far, but I believe there are many more quite close. |
