Horrocks Beach & Northampton 26th to 28th April Our next planned stopover was to be Horrocks Beach, 52klm North of Geraldton. Setting off from Geraldton the first thing we noticed since leaving Perth was that we were not travelling through sand dunes and coastal scrub which was predominantly bottlebrush. This country was farming country, albeit still sandy loam soils, the country supported pasture and crops, it was also undulating and we saw gum trees! The first and only place we came to between Geraldton and Horrocks Beach was Northampton and one of the oldest settlements outside of Perth. In 1839, Lt George Grey reported ‘favourably’ on the area. Northampton was declared a town site in 1864 and the first railway in WA from Geraldton to Northampton was laid and completed in 1879. Lead and copper mining
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