Today was fur/hair cut day for Bluey and Anita. Louise Powell did a great job grooming our poodle. She breeds rare Bedlington Terriers and is going to show her 12 week old very red Toy Poodle. She scoffed when I said Blue is a Toy Poodle, because he is much too big to be in that category.
Fortunately Louise gives priority to grooming travellers’ dogs, otherwise we would not have got an appointment. After noting his raggedy hair cut and long claws, she advised Blue is one kilo overweight! Anita’s haircut is very good, was cheaper than Bluey’s, and didn’t come with advice that she lose weight!
We drove to the Rotary Lookout which looks like a Covid-safe structure, allowing visitors to keep at least 1.5m apart. Of course it pre-dates Covid. The second photo shows Twilight Bay taken from the lookout. The third and fourth photos were taken from a car park along Twilight Beach Rd. If bad weather wasn’t imminent the granite rock would be a great place to explore.
This mechanical clock tower in located in Adventureland. It was built by a group of miniature railway enthusiasts in 2005, who describe it as having Greek, Roman and Renaissance influences of western architecture.
While Anita was having her haircut, I drove out to Pink Lake which today was not pink. It appeared to be pink when we drove to Esperance three days ago as the sun was shining. A sign advised one of the reasons the lake is no longer bubblegum pink is salt mining which reduced the concentration of salt in the water.
Weather wise the day started fine enough, but severe weather warnings prompted our caravan park manager to advise everyone to put down their awnings and secure loose items.
As our next destination will be towards the west, we would not be able to avoid the forecast severe weather. Consequently we have decided to stay put for two more days. There are repeated warnings about strong winds, heavy rainfall and possible hail over the next couple of days. On the west coast gusts up to 90-100kph were recorded this afternoon, with a 10m swell.
Blue was happy to recover from his traumatic grooming experience by resting on my pillows. However, Tilly has wanted to be out in the cold so I took her for a run.
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