It's not everyday that you meet royalty and on route back to Perth today we stopped off at The Hutt River Principality. Formed in 1970 when its founder Leonard Casley declared War on Australia, surrendered after 4 days and under the British Treason Law declared Independence from the commonwealth. Sounds like quite a story, you should meet the guy. What it all comes down to though sounds like a tax dodge.
Above: Prince Leonard Below: Prince Leonard inspecting our passports
As with all Empires the course of Independence hasn't run smoothly, there have been plots to overthrow Prince Leonard and set up the Principality on a Pacific Island. Having been to a few such islands its probably a good idea they didn't succeed as in addition to all being crazy they would now all be either alcoholics or drug addicts. You can check out the official website here. To top it all off there is an energy pyramid in the middle of the site.
The Province is 40km off the main highway but is worth a visit for entertainment value. After having our passports stamped and admiring the church in which there are some very spooky portraits of Prince Leonard we made our exit.
The Hutt Principality wasn't the only strange thing in the Hutt River region, we came across a pink lagoon which looked like a toxic waste dump. The coloration was actually due to beta carotene.
With all the stops of the day we arrived back in Perth 14 hours after we set off leaving us with about 5 hours until we needed to be at the airport.
Highlights: Meeting Royalty
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