Prevelly Beach, Margaret River, Australia

We are loving our digs for the next two months. We are in our ninth day and one would think I could have posted about Margaret River before now. Ha ha ha ha! We all have plenty of time on our hands but our brains don’t always want to focus as they should. I’ve enjoyed more of Ellen Crosby’s books and still working through Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano mysteries set in Sicily. After a walk at sunset we walk back to the house, start whatever dinner we’ve planned and listen to Australian TV news, then NCIS, and now a local channel is doing one James Bond movie a night. Takes our brain away from the virus and blog posting!

At our rental house there are two decks on the front side one off the master bedroom. The views of the Indian Ocean are mesmerizing. Some days we don’t walk to the beach but enjoy the pink clouds from the decks. We have not seen a green flash yet but some stunning cloud formations.

The back yard has a massive covered deck and large table. Michael has mostly used it for waiting on the barbie to be ready and cook our meats! The trampoline has not been used yet but Larkin and I are hoping to both try it.

Prevelly is a small surfer beach town. We can walk quickly to the beach or slightly up the hill to the local store which includes plenty of wines and a cafe which currently has take out. There is one other take out location a short hike south toward Gnarabup. We have yet to try these.

On our walk to the beach we pass a dog and kids play area. People always self distance and I believe hold their breath when they pass someone else. Australia loves their statues! One day the kids can play, the next day they are cordoned off!

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We have taken out lunch from Fish Bone…sushi…what fun! We also have take out from Cullen which we visited and ate at last October. They had some frozen entrees which we picked up and have in the freezer. In the town of Margaret River – they call this area Margs – there is a bottle shop associated with each major grocery store as well as at least two other stand alone bottle shops. If you want to buy at those shops, its only three bottles per person. If you want more you just hit every store in town. If you go to a local Cellar Door (winery tasting room) that might still be open, you can take home a case per person. The hard alcohol is not even considered higher in alcohol – its about the ml’s. No one can figure it out. We have more than enough and Michael is keeping up on tasting notes so we can blog. I want to post the adorable labels. They are the king of labels down here with each cellar door having what it seems to be at least 3 totally different labels.

Swimming beaches, surfers point and the river mouth are all within walking distance while our drive to down in Margs is 10 minutes. For folks with bikes, there are some incredible trails around here and one that goes straight to town. Our first joint walk was to The White Elephant where even the swimming women after their exercise were standing 6 feet apart. Perfect. Larkin and I walked there this morning and it was still a perfect place for a chai tea latte takeaway. The surfers were enjoying the incredible waves today.

Here is a view of our house from the neighbors and you can see the breakers on the Indian Ocean. Like Dillon Beach, we hear a storm can come in and move the sand to a totally new location. We were also told that fall is great weather because the winds die down and its cooler. We’re ready for it!

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The unknown black and yellow bird, the green bird is called a twenty eight because they sound like they are saying 28 and they are a type of parrot actually called an Australian Ringneck. The grey and pink bird is called a Valentine Galah. Michael just counted 12 at the bird bath. This morning for the first time we saw a Western Rosella. The female is less colorful than the male and they travel in pairs or family groups. I cleaned out their bird bath today – you can see the difference.

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There is plenty of social distancing but plenty to take photos of. We’ll add more as we take them. Beach sites, sunsets, statues and wine labels…etc. More to come!