http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Western Australia , Carnarvon en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:29:25 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:29:25 +0000 241009 Well today we are having an easy day Den went to get a Battery box leads to put the 2nd box under the bed. The Gold Coast V8 car races were on Den had a lovely avo watching the races I had a nana nap. We had tea I caught up on my blag diary after watching TV we went to bed.251009 Today we went to get some fresh vegies from the ldquoVeggie Trailrdquo we could not belie http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-448327.html 211009 We arrived in Carnarvon at 10.30 went to the info centre to find out which park took dogs to check our mail. We then went booked into the Wintersun Caravan Park Top Tourist 26 a night 22 for a weekly rate It is a nice clean park with GRASS a cement slab shady spots. The desk staff are friendly helpful the amenities are clean updated. After setting up Den went off t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-447676.html 191009 On the road again By 8am into a big head wind this must be one of the windiest parts of the WA coast. We stopped at Minilya Roadhouse filled up with Gas 1.05 we did not need petrol which was 1.66 litre. We pushed on literally pushing the wind aside we turned off 24kmrsquos north of Carnarvon went the 49kmrsquos to Point Quobba campsite. We had travelled 250 kmrsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-446983.html Hi allWe are now back at Carnarvon after spending 10 days at very pretty and under rated Pt Quobba 80kms nw of Carnarvon. We camped just south of the blowhole at a free park beside a white sand ocean beach. It reminded us of Baylys Beach going to bed listening to the surf pounding in. There is a lagoon nearby behind a coral island and reef that has very good fish and coral so we snorkelled http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-442231.html Hi allWe arrived at Carnarvon Big 4 Caravan Park on Sunday to a special welcome. We'd sent our Big 4 passport to Melbourne a month ago as we'd qualified for a special reward as we had 50 different camping ground stamps. We had arranged for it to be mailed back to us at Carnarvon. We were the first to get 50 different stamps and expected a T shirt but we also got a 150 fuel voucher flowers and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-438629.html Hi thanks for following our adventures. We have been home for 5 days and now have time to finalise the last days of our trip.After Pannawonnica we had planned to visit Onslow but the bug to now be home had bitten and we instead headed for Carnarvon. Carnarvon is a place Judy visited for work several years ago and we have only ever driven through it so Rags thought it would lovely to spend our las http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-436917.html One of the sights that we are now getting used to is the various road kill that litters the highway. The majority is probably done by the roadtrains as when they are thundering down they donrsquot really have time to stop when animals such as a kangaroo joey sheep wallaby or dingo the list goes on go running or jumping out in front. It still turns my stomach thinking about all the dead anima http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-433169.html Fri 21st of August 2009 Denham and Monkey Mia to CarnarvonIt had rained heavily overnight and today persisted into the morning that same warm fairly unobtrusive stuff that makes one want to push on. Took the 20km ride over to Monkey Mia that is on the other side of the Peron Peninsula from Denham and where the sea life can be seen from the shore. I was not disappointed as a small group of dolphin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-430134.html Day 41 Sunday 31May09 NJJ On the road at 10.20am. Stopped after a time at Minilya Roadhouse to refuel. Got to Carnarvon about 2pm. Checked into a tourist park. Phoned the Mams then relaxed by the pool. We got the table and chairs out and sat outside for the evening for wine dips and biscuits for Jamie's birthday treat followed by gourmet frozen yoghurt and then choc' dessert ooh yum Watche http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-420918.html We enjoyed our time in Kalbarri. We took some great drives around the red cliffs where the limestone coast made similar formations to the Great Ocean Road. There is a walk from one end to the other but we mostly drove and walked to the cliff edge. We also went to a sea horse farm where sea horses were bred to go to aquariums. It is another area for wildflowers but it's still a bit early to see a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-415018.html Well well well...where do i start....... From Kalbarri we went straight to Monkey Mia and stayed over night there at a beach then set off to see the dolphins in the morning. When we got there which was about 9 we were told that the dolphins had allready visited twice but they usually do 3 so they were hoping for 1 more. We waited and waited and waited for about another 3 hrs and then finally there http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-407104.html On the road outta Shark Bay Sandy and I stopped at the Shark Bay Ocean Park. Was well worth the stop as we learnt so much about types of fish turtles sting rays and SHARKS. The tour guy was young and hot and very very informative and very much into his job which made the experience awesome.We learnt about the fins on the back of sharks and how to distinguish a man eater to a non man eater. Sh http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-405460.html Distance traveled 905km4300km211 night stayed. 17th Mayhellip.fired up Washongi after feeding her with gallons of the black stuff which she consumes at the rate of 8.5 km per liter.On the way out of Shark Bay we visited Shell Beach which is remarkable due to the fact that a very large area is buried under 9 meters of shells which have accumulated over many years.An interesting snippethellip http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/Middalya-Station/blog-399833.html Distance traveled 838km4300km194 nights stayed 13th Mayday tenas we broke camp and steered Washongi out of Kalbarri for Shark Bayabout 300kms further up the coast.The first 60kms is through the Kalbarri National Park and despite many signs warning of animalsthey are scarce and this isnrsquot anything like one of our game reserves.We did spot a few roorsquos but that was ithelliphell http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/Middalya-Station/blog-399831.html DAY 188Moving day arrives again Andy asked me what time it was I peered at my watch and could just about make out that it was five to seven. He said ldquoare you sure It is rather dark.rdquo I looked again and could this time make out the time a little bit better ldquoAh it is actually five to six.rdquo Great another hour in bed.At 7.00 Andy jumped out of bed but I was far from be http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-399121.html DAY 187What a lovely nights sleep it was a lovely warm night well there was a cool breeze that drifted in through the open window flaps every now and again. We did wake up at 7.00 but chose to stay in bed a little longer as it was so comfy. I think Andy was up first anyway I know he usually is.Today we will explore a little bit of Carnarvon but first we take the sleeping bags and blankets o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-399120.html Daylight savings started in WA today so we turned the clock forward an hour. They have had three referendums which have said no to dayllight savings and now they are having a three year trial which will end after this year. They are still voting 'no'It was another school day with Jacqueline doing a Science exam and catching up with Maths with Guy. I did LAC with Bryce during the morning. After l http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-338427.html We went into Cape Range National Park. My Dad spotted an eaglersquos nest on the top of a radio tower. I took a photo of it. After Cape Range we went to Coral Bay. We fed the fish on two different days. The fish were snapper and they are very big about half a metre long. You are not allowed to touch them because they have a special coating to protect them from diseases. They swam through http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-322588.html When we got up this morning at the blowholes camping area it was blowing a gale from the south but we were pretty well sheltered from the sand blowing around. So we packed up and were heading for monkey mia or Denham for our next stop. We had 70 krsquos to go to get the Carnarvon and it was a real struggle in 4th gear and unable to get any speed up not over 80kmh the fuel was quickly http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-320378.html We left Exmouth around 9am and drove south down the coast to have a look at Coral Bay and have lunch. There is not much there only 1 caravan park and a few tourist shops garage and pub. So it was a good decision not to stay there. So onto point Quobba or the blowholes camp area 436. Filled up at Minilya roadhouse at 1.82litre. Got to the turn off for the blowholes and another http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Carnarvon/blog-320363.html