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Hopetoun Holiday

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In mid-October I spent several days in Hopetoun, a 7-hour drive down to the south coast of Western Australia. Population ca. 1,000. I went there to play lots of piano in a long concert (see my blog about the concert).

Heading west, you can just see the Hamersley Inlet, with one or two Mount Barrens in the distance (there are three of them overall).

My wonderful soprano friend, Toni Arndt, drove me down with her pets on the back seat and we stayed at her holiday home, next door to the holiday home of Jean & Henry Bourgault (performers aged 82). Long story right there (see the concert blog).

Henry, Toni, Jean, Liz, Judith. Our dinner spot near the Hopetoun Groyne.

We did lots of partying or sharing of meals (about four times), and lots of sight-seeing with about eight or so people, including Hanna Kleyn who used to be the principal at Eastern Hills Senior High School (but well after my time there). Her good friend, Adrian, remarkably attends about five or more live classical music performances every week in Perth.

Adrian, Liz, Judith, Hanna, Toni, Henry.
Yours truely.
Wallaby or small kangaroo at Cave Point. This roo was very comfortable with our car, which stopped right next to it. The roo posed in different positions for several shots but methinks one pic gives you the idea.
Leaving Hamersley Inlet, pic taken through the windscreen.
Looking west from the lookout on the eastern edge of Hopetoun.
Looking west with the town in the foreground. This is Mount Barren East.
Ditto.
Qualup Bell, after which the Qualup Choir is named.
Royal Hakea, above Barrens Beach.
Sunset from our dinner spot, 6.12pm.
Ditto, 6.14pm.
Same spot, 6.40pm.
Ditto, 6.40pm.
Two jettys at the Hopetoun Groyne.

All pics on this post are by MDJ. Taken on a cheap & nasty digital camera at 350 dpi, cut down to 72 dpi and 60%, without cropping.