Great Places To Visit - Manjimup W.A. - Fonty's Pool & Caravan Park

It's December and the Cherry Festival is in full swing in Manjimup W.A. It's a quaint little town that really knows how to have some fun. The festival runs for a few days and has a large produce market on the Saturday morning as well as lots of various stall holders. They put on a great show with dignitaries (W.A. Premier) doing the official opening of the Cherry Festival. Lots of entertainment to watch and plenty of things to look at or purchase. They expected about 10,0000 people to attend, so no little thing! The also had a parade of vehicles, police band, drummers, fancy dress, fire truck, semi-trailers, just to name a few. A very entertaining morning was had by yours truly and hubby. As it was about 35C today we left about lunch time and retreated to the peace and quiet of Fonty's Pool & Caravan Park where we are staying with our caravan.

What a great spot Fonty's Pool is!!!!! A MUST if you come to W.A. especially in summer! The pool is a lake that was set up as a swimming pool back in about 1940 by a local family. It's set amongst acerage of lush green grass, gardens and trees. There are cabins for the non caravan or camping people and good facilities. We originally booked in for 2 nights and liked it so much we decided to stay for 4!!!!


The Drummers in the parade.

Delicious local cherries.


Entrance to Fonty's Pool & Caravan Park


Sunset over Fonty's Pool


Diving Platform


Night Herron & Ducks


Sunset

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