We left Perth on a Sunday morning for an overnight stay in Pemberton. Stopping for lunch in the vibrant green Ferguson Valley and then for a look at the fabulous Wellington Dam Mural. The journey takes around 4 hours from Perth, Pemberton is located in the South Western region of Western Australia.
Lunch was at St. Aiden’s Winery, and we shared a couple of dishes. This was a beautiful winery and one that we had never visited before.
After lunch we headed over to the Wellington Dam Mural located just outside of Collie, WA.
The mural is called Reflections and is the largest mural in the world painted by renowned world artist Guido Van Helten. He spent three weeks talking to locals and also staying in an Aboriginal community to get a sense of what they would like to see painted. If you would like to read more of this story click on the link Reflections
Individual images of the mural. What an amazing feat this is and it was well worth the detour to look at this awesome mural.
The time was ticking on and we still had another two hours drive ahead of us, or should I say dear husband did!
I had booked a placed called Forest Lodge Resort, one because it looked nice and two as it had a restaurant attached so Anthony didn’t have to drive anymore that night and could enjoy a drink or three!
We arrived just after 5pm and it was still light so as soon as we had checked our room we went for a walk around the grounds. We got an upgrade!
From our walk around the lake
By this time it was happy hour so we headed over to the bar and restaurant for a drink before dinner.
The resort is owned by a German couple. Ingo is also the cook, hence the name of the restaurant – Chef Ingo’s. Their daughter Selina seems to be receptionist/waitress/and jack of all trades. Service was impeccable and Selina was a delight.
Smoked Pork Belly 
Smoked Duck 
Spiced Rib Eye, Red Cabbage and mash
Dinner was quite salty, so just drank more wine to quench our thirst!
We had a relaxing and very enjoyable overnight stay here, and we will definitely be back again. Tomorrow Margaret River beckons with a few stops along the way.
