Carolyn and I went down to Boyanup for a couple of days to get away.
We relaxed, caught up with some reading and simply enjoyed being there for each other without distraction.
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We came home via the new Bunbury Hwy.
The image to the left is looking north out of the Shell Roadhouse just outside Bunbury.
Once you leave this roadhouse the road goes through no towns and is 110 - 100 km/hr road all the way into Perth City. Thats a distance of 160 km.
The road does cut about half an hour off the trip from Bunbury to Perth. From that perspective, its great. You no longer have to travel through the 60 km/hr zones and string of traffic light in Mandurah
However, one serious drawback is that there is nowhere to stop. There are a few places where you can pull over and stop. But there is nowhere attractive enough to want to stop. There is certainly no privacy on the side of the road.
The old Roadhouses that have been there for years closer to Bunbury are still there. You could stop there for a toilet break if you had the presence of mind to do so. But after that it is one long stretch of open road.
Carolyn and I were alone without kids. So it wasn't that bad. But I dread the thought of driving that road with young kids in the car. I hope that decent rest stops will be built in the not too distant future.
Below is the file report in the new road from the 9 News network. The link that I got the file from is given below the clip.






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