Chapman Pool to Chapman Pool

Day 55 - Chapman Pool to Chapman Pool

Chapman Pool, Margaret River, Colonial Brewing Co, Margaret River, Mammoth Cave, Chapman Pool

Thursday, 14 March 2013
According to a local I spoke to yesterday today was going to be sunny. Instead it is raining. As I was having breakfast I noticed that I had ants in my sink. How did they get there? Anyway spent the next hour cleaning draws and killing ants. Then packed up and drove to Margaret River.

The town of Margaret River is a bustling tourist town. Plenty of shops to buy anything from hemp clothes and shampoos to ugg boots. It is the busiest town with regard to traffic that I have found in WA so far. Bought some stuff and then drove to the Colonial Brewing Company.

The Colonial Brewing Company brews five different types of beers. You can only buy it to take away in the Growler (a two litre swing top bottle) which costs $40 filled and $20 for a refill. Wouldn't fit in my fridge so I had a 330ml glass of Indian Pale Ale for $7 instead.

Then onto the Mammoth Cave. It is a self-guiding cave so I could stay as long as I liked to look and photograph. Information on the features and history is provided by an MP3 audio player. The Mammoth Cave got its name from the size of caverns. It is also home to ancient fossil remains of extinct megafauna. Drove to nearby CaveWorks, an interpretative centre designed to provide information about the formation and history of caves.

Back to Chapman Pool where I set up camp and then took Tuka for a walk. Just manged to get awning up before it started raining again.

	Margaret River [Map]		The Colonial Brewing Co. [Map]
	Stalagmite, Mammoth Cave [Map]		Stalactites, Mammoth Cave [Map]
	Stalactites, Mammoth Cave [Map]		Cave exit (original cave entrance) [Map]