Anzac Day

Once again we had to get up early, this time it was because we were going to the Margaret River, dawn service for ANZAC day. We got up at 5:00am and headed to memorial park to wait for the the 100th anniversary dawn service which started at 6:00am. It was quite chilly and there were over a thousand other people there as well so people were spilled out on to the street. 

After the dawn service finished we went to the local farmers market and bought some yummy fresh produce and I ate a Vanilla Custard Scroll which I’m surprised I enjoyed because I don’t like custard. 

Then we drove to Augusta where we went to Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse which is the tallest mainland lighthouse in Australia and the 3rd tallest in Australia overall. We climbed the lighthouse and saw at the top where the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean meet. After we climbed down we did an audio tour and learnt about the lighthouse, the area and how tough it was to work at the lighthouse. 

To have lunch we drove to Blackwood River which is a beautiful river where dolphins were often spotted but sadly we didn't see any there. We drove past a sign which said Hamelin Bay and decided we should go have a look so we went down the beautiful beach and saw an amazing sight, heaps of dolphins close the sand and rounding up Australian Salmon. It was amazing to see, the way the dolphins made a circle trapping the fish and they didn't even eat them they did it just or the thrill of it. They weren't the only ones doing it for the thrill of it, the fisherman were too, they where casting then 1 second later pulling in a giant Australian Salmon but releasing them because they were to hard to cook. At home we relax and had a lovely roast for dinner.