The problem with searching for properties on the internet is the ability to easily stray from your original aim. In considering living in Wooroloo I had acknowledged that I would be faced with a three hour round trip commute to my workplace in Fremantle, an historic port city at the mouth of the Swan River. I offset that problem by telling myself that the second half of the journey home would be relaxing as I ascended into the beautiful bush setting of the Darling Scarp. In hindsight this was a poor and potentially dangerous theory given the distances, high speeds limits, failing light and fatigue.
A side effect of missing out on two homes we'd had our hearts set on was that we became increasingly eager to secure a larger property to the point that we became irrational. We began looking at towns nearby to Wooroloo and then gradually looked further afield as far as Toodyay, Northam and Chittering, all of which are at least a four hour round trip commute. We found many attractive properties in those areas but logic slowly returned and we realised that we were unlikely to ever find a suitable property within a reasonable commute of Perth and within our price range.
Local options had disappeared but our desire for a country property persevered.
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