Well here it is our blog for our 2014 adventure - the adventure down under in Australia. We, Sean, Krystin, Matthew and Kade Rennie, are heading to Australia for a year. The adventure starts before we actually get to where we will live. We are heading to New Zealand on Christmas day for a little family vacation then off to the east coast of Australia before settling in Falcon in Western Australia. We will be about an hour south of Perth on the Indian Ocean. So stay tuned as we plan to post often to keep our family and friends up to date on our adventure.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Weekend Road Trip - Dwellingup

So it was a Sunday August 17th and we had no plans but it felt weird hanging around the house on such a nice day.  So we jumped in the car with no particular destination in mind and headed north then east and ended up in Dwellingup.  This is a great mountain biking area so we figured out where the best trails were for our next visit and ended up going for a hike to check out the Marrinup Falls and Prisoners of War (POW) camp.



Marrinup Trail

Marrinup Falls - reminds us home


The boys

Skipping stones



This POW camp was established during WW II to house prisoners of war captured by the British.  It opened in 1943 and held Italians and Germans. Their job was to collect firewood for the Perth Metropolitan area as well as help local farmers.



Exploring the remains of the POW camp
Italian and Germans worked in this camp

This steam train passed on our way home




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