Buffeted by prevailing southerly winds, the leaning trees of Greenough are Eucalyptus Camaldulensis or Red River gums. Though the tree is found throughout southern Australia along watercourses and on flood plains, it is only on the windswept Greenough Flats that the tree develops its distinctive leaning shape.
We parked in an RV friendly 24hr stop in Geraldton and walked to the HMAS Sydney II Memorial. HMAS Sydney II was lost with all 645 hands in November 1941, just off the coast of Shark Bay whilst engaging the German Raider Cormorant. This memorial is located at Mt Scott overlooking the same ocean where HMAS Sydney II fought its last battle.
Just a few steps away stands a bronze figure of a woman looking out to sea, grieving for her lost loved one. She is called The Waiting Woman.
odometer reading 56,661
kms travelled today 118
kms travelled so far 6,830
campsite Belair Gardens Caravan Park (by the time we got back to the 24hr stop we were so parked in we could hardly open the van door so off to a caravan park we went.
June 28, 2017
Julie checked out the old gaol/craft centre, art gallery & tried the museum (but it shut @ 3) also tried the cathedral (but it's closed for renovations) while Les pottered around @ Bunnings & the van.
Every Weds night the Park hosts a hot roll night in aid of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
A bush poet/storyteller had some yarns to spin
the caravan poems were pretty spot on!
odometer reading 56,698
kms travelled today 37
kms travelled so far 6,867
campsite Belair Gardens Caravan Park
June 29, 2017
We made a short stop in Northampton then rejected a farm stay @ Linga Longa and travelled on to Port Gregory.
We met up with an Irishman on the jetty & he taught Les how to prepare a squid.
He gave us one for dinner tonight.
The view of a rubber tree outside our door is a change from the ocean.
odometer reading 56,814
kms travelled today 116
kms travelled so far 6,983
campsite Port Gregory Caravan Park
June 30, 2017
I walked out of town to the pink lake. The colour of the lake is due to a bacteria (Dunaliella salina) trapped in the salt granules; this provides a rich source of Beta Carotene, which is harvested from small ponds.
3rd time lucky for me - we missed the first pink lake while still in Victoria & then again whilst doing the Great Ocean Drive near Esperance.
I thought I found Les @ his fishing spot but on closer inspection I was mistaken :)
odometer reading 56,826
kms travelled today 12
kms travelled so far 6,995
campsite Port Gregory Caravan Park
July 1, 2017
We drove to Kalbarri & explored the coastline of the National Park.
Natural Bridge.
We drove in & out to the coast - Island Rock, Eagle Gorge, Red Bluff & Pot Alley.
We saw a large school of dolphins (12 - 15 or so) swimming & surfing in the waves below.
Les braved the cold & the wind a little longer & saw a whale breaching a few times.
We also visited the Rainbow Jungle - a parrot breeding centre - seriously out of date - needs dragging into the 21st century.
We drove back to Port Gregory through the National Park. All seemed flat & stunted then we followed a road to the Murchison Gorge - stunning (no photo sorry)
This is the Murchison River further downstream from the Ross Graham Lookout - named after the first school teacher in Kalbarri who was a devoted conservationist.
odometer reading 57,087
kms travelled today 261
kms travelled so far 7,256
campsite Port Gregory Caravan Park
July 2, 2017
The real Les showing his 'squidding' style
Proof!!!
YUM!
odometer reading 57,100
kms travelled today 13
kms travelled so far 7,269
campsite Port Gregory Caravan Park
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