A mystery tour adventure by Eaton Probus
24 Jul 2024
On Wednesday, 17th April 2024, the Probus Club of Eaton had another one of their fabulous mystery tours.
At the first stop, there was a lovely Devonshire Tea at the railway museum. The ladies there did an excellent job supplying scones, real jam, and real cream. The tea was real too, out of pots, in nice cups and even the coffee came in a pot. They found that sometimes it’s the little things that make a difference.
For the second stop, they headed out of town to a lake that has recently been developed for tourism, water sports and camping. In a former life this lake was an open cut coal mine, now flooded with water from the Collie River. Lake Kepwari was impressive and a really peaceful interlude.
The third and last stop was some distance away, through a beautiful forest that gradually thinned into farmland. There was an excellent lunch at a grand old hotel – an elaborate two-storey piece of history that suffered a fire last year, but luckily, the Williams Hotel is up and running again.
After lunch, people could choose between an art gallery, an Op Shop, the famous “Woolshed” or a wander over the bridge to study historic buildings.
The Club had a great day on their mystery tour to Collie, then Lake Kepwari near Cardiff, and finally Williams.
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