Next we headed inland from Augusta along the Blackwood River Valley. Jonathan had discovered that the river is stocked with trout and the season starts on the 1st September. A lot of the town names end in -up: Nannup, Balingup, Palgarup, to name but a few. This led to us inventing a few new town names as we drove along. Manjimup was christened ‘sold a pup’ as we drove there for the famous farmers’ market on the first Saturday of the month only to find a handful of stalls.
The trout fishing wasn’t amazingly successful but there were plenty of pretty walking trails.
The towns were all very tidy and quaint.
