a real holiday

a few days in Balingup... remembered highlights. well... whatever i can remember.

saturday 11 december 2021. we drive to our misty view cottage, balingup heights.

very comfortable. we sit on the verandah enjoying the view over paddocks and valley. Later deb tells me that the houses we can see about 1km away are part of the town, balingup.

Driving down we stop at pinjarra, a favourite, for scones.

then another favourite, may gibbs cottage near harvey for lunch.

quick stop at gnomesville. there is no cafe lol

dinner at the exchange hotel in greenbushes. i have pepper steak, deb has lamb chops. all good.

sunday 12 dec. we buy fruit and some supplies at kirup. cherries are good. days laterthe apricots and nectarines are not yet ripe.

balingup has a couple of cafes, we have lunched at each. one very ordinary pie, one a rather nice blt. there's a balingup tavern, closed since a fire in the kitchen.

we take a day drive to pemberton. we walk round big brook dam, a few very pleasant km.

another day drive to nannup. walk round a bit. lunch is healthy organic, i try the vegie curry. it's food.

coming towards balingup we find a few geocaches. the official gc app is roughly useless.

the accomm includes an old cherry orchard. deb and i pick and eat some. i walk back by myself and spend 20 minutes completely lost. deb finds me and guides me home.

we drive to the top of dearle street... the family lived there when i was born.we kept the house and holidayed there a few times over the years... my memories are limited :-) i took a photo of what may be "our" old block, the house is long gone.

we visit the old cheese factory, now a craft gallery. i have one memory of a visit there when there was a full vat of coagulating cheese.

nostalgia is dangerous. we spend a day chasing dim memories. all my memories of balingup are pleasant, of course i was very young.

next morning i wake up and remember various places i have lived (as a child) and enjoyed and... left. i still dislike living in crowded suburbs. remembering childhood locations... all past and gone... and i become miserable.

can never relive the past. it can be dangerous to even remember.

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