the view from the kitchen window - Quinns Rocks

We have spent our first week in the caravan at Quinns Rocks, about 30km north of Perth on the Indian ocean coast. Its a paid site but pretty cheap, and its right next to the beach - from the back of out van there is a 6 ft public pathway and then the scrub down to the beach. And its mostly been sunny in the low-mid 20s and sunny, so its been gorgeous.

We've been doing jobs stocking up and sorting out the van - we know how just about everything works now, and have fixed one or two minor problems (like one of the electric brake connector wires had come adrift - didn't fancy 3 1/2 tonnes of beige behind me going down a hill without those working). Maria's cupboard stocking system seems to be based on where she can reach rather than any logic, even though I bought her a fold-up stool, so there may be some rearrangement in the coming days and weeks as and when I decide to throw my toys out of the pram when i can't find something.

We have also tried to enjoy it, so we've cycled around a bit to explore,  fed the local fish to no avail, and watched some beautiful sunsets - the Indian ocean has always been my favourite. Its still early spring and evenings have been a bit chilly with a strong onshore breeze, so we've only barbecued a couple of times, but we're getting used to sitting out overlooking the path and beach to have breakfast and lunch and chatting with passers by and other park residents, and generally chilling out after the running around of the last 2 months - see example below

Went to the 'local' market today to stock up for the run east - turns out it was halfway back to Perth, but it was cheaper and we did buy a 4 kilo slab or rib-eye steak so we should be good now until the other side.

Tomorrow we have to run back into Perth to go to a towing clinic so they can tell me all the things i've been doing wrong, then Harry, Jenny and Timothy are hopefully coming up from the city for the afternoon/evening, then Sunday is pack it all up and hit the road east...