From sleepy town to overflowing with visitors - that's Nannup

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I wrote about the Gravel Bike Championships being held in the small town of Nannup in Western Australia. Some years ago, Vince, I and nine friends spent the New Year holiday period in the town. We thought we’d spend New Year’s Eve at the hotel. We’d have a meal there, enjoy the entertainment and see the New Year in. Nope, the pub was shut over the two days. They were entitled to of course but it shows what a sleepy, backwater town it was in those days and it’s really not much more lively now. I can imagine having so many bike-riders, support crews and spectators would have stirred the place up a bit. The Blackwood River runs though the town and floods from time to time with the water flowing into some of the nearby houses. This tree in the riverbed has markers showing the height of the water at certain years.