L0p3z and Neno's Upside-Down Adventure: Margaret River and beyond

G'day! We travelled to Margaret River on Wednesday afternoon and checked into a cool hostel close to the town centre. We wondered around he town which is full of cafes, restaurants and artsy shops. After a quick beer we returned to the hostel and met two Aussie guys who had checked into our dorm. They were Perth locals and had come down for a couple of days, we decided to grab a crate from the bottle-o and after polishing them off headed for some famous Margaret river food......pizza! Have say it's better than anything pizza express have turned out. We had a nice evening hanging out with the guys and they were both well travelled and had some great stories.

Thursday we hired bikes for the day and rode along the river picking from a variety of tracks. One route meant we had to cross the river which Janine was a little nervous about. I have to add the pictures don't do it justice it was deeper than it looks. The whole route along the river was teaming with wildlife from birds to lizards and insects. For the afternoon we rode out to Preverly beach near the mouth of the river. Along our route Janine pointed out a kangaroo farm (my first roo spotting in oz). We had a chilled lunch on a secluded beach watching local surfers catch some pretty big waves. The ride back started with a large hill so by the time we dropped the bikes off we were pretty shattered and had planned a chilled evening. This didn't pan out as our new dorm mates had checked in and were really friendly Swedish guys, off to the bottle-o again. Even they had planned a quiet one as they'd been on a bus for 5 hours. Turns out you cant have a quiet one and we sat on the balcony hostel till late hanging out with a load of people from the hostel.

Today we had a nice walk along the river before checking out of the hostel and jumping on a bus to Augusta. Our new hostel is amazing, it's almost like a hotel. It seems a lot quieter so a chilled evening is on the cards. We had a quick stroll along Flinders Bay spotted some cool birds including some pelicans.