The craziness of 2020 has taught me so much, and reminded me of so many lessons learned and forgotten, and one big one is this: you don’t have to fly to another hemisphere to have a significant and memorable travel experience. Hence, this episode is all about a simple, 24-hour trip to a place less than 200 kilometres from home, but still so worthwhile.
This one’s a bit of a different episode: I recorded my thoughts about the trip before we left, and then my son and I huddled under a doona (or duvet, depending on where you come from) at our farmstay accommodation to record our thoughts on the night, and finally I added some comments when we returned. Hope you enjoy it!
Show notes: Episode 208 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Local Trips: Meckering, Western Australia
We might not be travelling as far and wide as usual thanks to Covid-19 and our state’s border closure, but my son and I have just had a quick getaway to a town a couple of hours east of Perth, and it is worth telling you all about! I’m a big fan of travel for random reasons, and this one was pretty random. The destination was dictated purely by my 10-year-old son, and meant we ended up staying near the town of Meckering, in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
Meckering’s only a memorable name to most West Aussies because a particularly bad earthquake struck there back in 1968. On our trip, we learnt more about that, but also got to enjoy some big views and the quiet of farm life – and in this episode, I chat about our experience with my son, as well as giving you my thoughts on why this kind of trip is valuable and worthwhile, too.
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Really enjoyed going to Meckering with you and Rubin. Yes the space, I love the space out there, it enters me after a while and I feel spacious. And going into new territory, going on an adventure to explore whatever is there, is good for us as you say, so enjoyable, keeps life interesting. Loved the interaction with Rubin and his contribution.
Oops your discussion of Ruben and Wubin had me getting the spelling of Ruben wrong!
Haha don’t worry Suchita, it’s an unusual spelling for his name here in Australia anyway!!!
So glad you enjoyed our Meckering outing 🙂 “I feel spacious” – that is EXACTLY it, well put!