Izzie's been going to Bridgetown for years. We guess it's the Western Australian version of Tasmania ;) It's colder than dreary old Dursleyville and full of quirky and crazy critters and a veritable army of 'Tree Changers' Not like nasty Manjimup down the road where the locals believe that the only good tree is a chopped tree
It's about four hours from here. Izzie always gets the train and coach. Albany and Denmark are also gorgeous places but when it takes a whole day to get there, why bother? There used to be a train the whole way down to Albany - all 8 hours away but the stupid govt closed it down years ago so now the train only goes as far as Bunbury and the coach goes the rest of the way. Autumn and Spring are particularly pretty and there's garden festivals at both those times.
Izzie always stays at Ford House (http://fordhouse.com/AccomIndex.htm) usually the Green Room (of course) Also been in the Jarrah and Rose rooms and the very poky Bookcase. Describing this place as a bed and breakfast is like saying that Monet is a painter! The rooms are full of the most amazing and beautiful art and crafts kinds of things as well as books and the gardens are spectacular. Izzie adores sitting out in the gardens late at night looking at the stars, smelling the orange and lemon blossoms and listening to the geese and the frog orchestra.
It's certainly worked wonders for Ken - one of the owners. He's still on a cocktail of drugs which somewhat fogs his brain but to keep running the business when the doctor had given him no more than 9 months back in late 2005 is pretty impressive. Izzie expects to see him when we return for Halloween in 2008. There's something about the place that has a calming relaxing effect on people. It's certainly Izzie's Lotto Location
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Date: 2007-11-07 12:54 pm (UTC)It's colder than dreary old Dursleyville and full of quirky and crazy critters and a veritable army of 'Tree Changers' Not like nasty Manjimup down the road where the locals believe that the only good tree is a chopped tree
It's about four hours from here. Izzie always gets the train and coach. Albany and Denmark are also gorgeous places but when it takes a whole day to get there, why bother? There used to be a train the whole way down to Albany - all 8 hours away but the stupid govt closed it down years ago so now the train only goes as far as Bunbury and the coach goes the rest of the way.
Autumn and Spring are particularly pretty and there's garden festivals at both those times.
Izzie always stays at Ford House (http://fordhouse.com/AccomIndex.htm) usually the Green Room (of course) Also been in the Jarrah and Rose rooms and the very poky Bookcase.
Describing this place as a bed and breakfast is like saying that Monet is a painter! The rooms are full of the most amazing and beautiful art and crafts kinds of things as well as books and the gardens are spectacular. Izzie adores sitting out in the gardens late at night looking at the stars, smelling the orange and lemon blossoms and listening to the geese and the frog orchestra.
It's certainly worked wonders for Ken - one of the owners. He's still on a cocktail of drugs which somewhat fogs his brain but to keep running the business when the doctor had given him no more than 9 months back in late 2005 is pretty impressive. Izzie expects to see him when we return for Halloween in 2008.
There's something about the place that has a calming relaxing effect on people. It's certainly Izzie's Lotto Location