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Published: September 2nd 2008
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Gascoyne River
And they get water from this?? Arrived in Carnarvon and got supplies and went to the One Mile Jetty for lunch. There was a little tram that used to be used on the jetty which we rode out on and walked back to the car. What they didn’t tell us was someone had lit a fire on the jetty and it was burnt out 3 quarter’s of the way to the end. While we were out there, we saw a dolphin and a turtle swimming around the jetty.
They grow bananas and lots of other tropical fruit at Carnarvon and they are watered from the water pumped from the sand of the Gascoyne River. This sounded strange until we saw the river (photo says it all).
Also saw the huge satellite dish (photo on other camera, which I don’t know how to download as yet). This was used to track Halley’s Comet and Man on the Moon.
Fuelled up and bumped into the Noel & Helen from Warrnambool. They are heading the same way as us - Denham.
We drove through until dark and were rewarded with a beautiful sunset over Shark Bay on the way into Denham. Through Denham and to Francois
Carnarvon Pier
View from the Train Peron National Park. Only stayed overnight as the campsite was full and we had to camp in the car park. It took 30 minutes to drive the 10km sandy, winding track to the camp. Saw a family that was a Crossing Pool with us. Up early the next morning and to Monkey Mia. We had prior warning to get there before 8am. Surprise, surprise we managed to get the kids out of bed and in the car by 7.10am!!! Both Alex and Kate had a chance to feed a dolphin. They come in for their 3 feedings in the morning and swim in the shallows while the ranger gives everyone a run down on dolphins and acceptable behaviour - i.e. no touching. The Pelicans hang around the resort and on the beach when the dolphins come in so they can get a feed too. Kate stood on the ramp for a photo with them and when Alex walked around, the pelican got bossy and squawked at him with his open bill.
Drove into Denham and had a look around. To the bakery for lunch and bumped into the couple from Warrnambool again. They are staying at Eagle Bluff; we
will go to Hamelin Pool so we can safely leave the camper when we drive out to Steep Point.
Went to Ocean Park where they have different tanks of stunning, deadly and dangerous sea animals. There were stingrays, sea snakes, stonefish, sharks, flathead, cod, turtles and many more than I can’t remember. The kids had a ball. There is a continuous tour and the talk that the workers give make it very enjoyable, as their enthusiasm for their job shows. They only keep the fish, shark, turtle etc for a short time and then return them to the sea. Sometimes they outgrow the pond and need to be taken back to sea. It is owned by a young guy and his family. His enthusiasm is infectious, and when he tickles and plays with the stone fish, it makes them seem not so dangerous.
On to Shell Beach where there is almost no sand and 8 to 10 metres on tiny shells make up the beach. We wrote our name in the sand (only sand is about 1m next to the water) and filled it with shells. It was lovely and grabbed a bottle full to keep. Rod is
running out of room to pack the “trinkets”. Finally arrived at Hamelin Pool at 6pm. Set up in the dark and cooked tea. I went to bed with a headache and Rod had to cope with cooking with 2 kids by himself.
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