What else we did on the long weekend.
We decided to go check out the other mini golf course in Mandurah - the one that isn't part of the Carnival on the foreshore - because Dave can't stand the thought of me being the current winner for too long. Our next scheduled game at Oasis is too far away.
Getting there was hell. Dave turned left when we came off the Kwinana Freeway and found ourselves heading towards Pinjarra.
That was going to be a problem because there was some sort of local fair happening. And before we actually reached the main drag we were detoured due to what looked like a pretty serious car accident up ahead.
So we followed the sign and came out were there were throngs of people not paying attention to where they were walking. Country folk are like that. Just step out in front of cars without looking!
We found somewhere to park while we checked the map book, and realised we should have turned right when we came off the freeway so decided to retrace. Just one problem. The police were now forcing all traffic to turn left at the accident scene, rather than let us return via the detour we'd taken before.
We don't know Pinjarra, and apparently neither did any of the cars in front of us, so for what seemed like hours we were playing follow the leader and finishing up in a dead end every time.
I was beginning to fear we might have to pull over and just wait for the main road to re-open, especially since we were getting low on gas.
Well we eventually got back on a main road that was headed towards Bunbury. We certainly didn't want to go there. Finally reached an intersection with the option to head to Perth. That got us back onto the Kwinana Freeway, and smooth sailing to Mandurah from there.
The mini golf was odd. Only 12 holes, and too many Bevans, Maddies and Addisons around the place. And hole 12 eats your ball, so you can't go round a second time like you can at The Maze.
Also, unlike The Maze, you have to pay extra if you want to play mini golf. But the other attractions were pretty good, compared with The Maze. The actual Maze, for example, was a nice hedge one, with grass to walk on. Not crappy boards with black dirt.
And there was this wonderful miniature village. Dave went crazy with his camera.
Getting there was hell. Dave turned left when we came off the Kwinana Freeway and found ourselves heading towards Pinjarra.
That was going to be a problem because there was some sort of local fair happening. And before we actually reached the main drag we were detoured due to what looked like a pretty serious car accident up ahead.
So we followed the sign and came out were there were throngs of people not paying attention to where they were walking. Country folk are like that. Just step out in front of cars without looking!
We found somewhere to park while we checked the map book, and realised we should have turned right when we came off the freeway so decided to retrace. Just one problem. The police were now forcing all traffic to turn left at the accident scene, rather than let us return via the detour we'd taken before.
We don't know Pinjarra, and apparently neither did any of the cars in front of us, so for what seemed like hours we were playing follow the leader and finishing up in a dead end every time.
I was beginning to fear we might have to pull over and just wait for the main road to re-open, especially since we were getting low on gas.
Well we eventually got back on a main road that was headed towards Bunbury. We certainly didn't want to go there. Finally reached an intersection with the option to head to Perth. That got us back onto the Kwinana Freeway, and smooth sailing to Mandurah from there.
The mini golf was odd. Only 12 holes, and too many Bevans, Maddies and Addisons around the place. And hole 12 eats your ball, so you can't go round a second time like you can at The Maze.
Also, unlike The Maze, you have to pay extra if you want to play mini golf. But the other attractions were pretty good, compared with The Maze. The actual Maze, for example, was a nice hedge one, with grass to walk on. Not crappy boards with black dirt.
And there was this wonderful miniature village. Dave went crazy with his camera.