Blogs from Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 4

“♫ Geraldton oh Geraldton, we still hear your sea winds blowing They were 31 (km) when we left Geraldton ♪” Starting to get back to civilisation, traffic, traffic lights and all that jazz, but we find another nice camp site north of town and right on the beach, ok 30m walk! After our usual ‘get your bearings tour’ via the Tourist Information we have a committee meeting and plan our next few days. “♫ Geraldton oh Geraldton, we still hear your sea waves crashing Whilst we watch the whales a-breaching We had some fun as we left Geraldton ♪” Greenough Village is first on the list and despite the inclement weather we enjoy a couple of hours wandering round this historic village. The hot lunch and red wine fortified us to press on to the next ... read more

Here we are in an apartment in Geraldton. Luxury.....don't even have to pack up the beds in the morning. However before this we have been to the Francois Peron National Park which is very beautiful up a peninsular with beaches on either side. We drove through to the top...Cape Peron and saw a dolphin in the bay, a dugong and heaps of bird life. The color of the water is amazing. We camped overlooking the beach, a restaurant with the best view so far!! At the entrance to the park there is an old homestead where you can have a hot tub..and we mean really hot! Water comes up from the ground and flows into a trough for you to sit in.... for a very short while!! Next was Steep Point, the most Western Point in ... read more

ESPERANCE TO PORT DENISON Sorry for the delay in updating the blog, I got a bit lazy. It won’t happen again. Monday 26th April, Overcast and cool, but we decided to take the Wildlife Cruise out to Woody Island. It was a bit rough but we managed to get through OK. We saw some sea eagles, seals, sea lion & dolphins on the way to Woody Island. We had about 25 aboriginal boys from the Pilbara on the cruise, who were down in Esperance studying. They had a ball. Tuesday 27th April, Up early and WE went for a bike ride along the Esperance foreshore. Pam’s backside took a while to recover from that. We saw Sammy the seal near the pier, apparently he lives there all of the time. Our unfriendly neighbours left today, we ... read more

Nach den tollen Tagen auf Rottnest Island kehrte erstmal der „Alltag“ (wenn man das so nennen kann) ein. Montag verbrachten wir den halben Tag mit Gartenarbeit und die andere Hälfte des Tages dann in der Innenstadt von Perth. Dienstagmorgen haben wir Schorsch erstmal zum Check gebracht und danach ging es an den Cottlesloe Beach zum „Sculptures by the sea“. Da könnten selbst wir Kunstliebhaber werden - strahlender Sonnenschein, Strand, Meer und einige Kunstwerke. Danach konnten wir Schorsch wieder abholen… Alles gut, nichts kaputt - zumindest mechanisch. Einen kleinen Steinschlag in der Scheibe hat er noch, aber dafür gibt’s hier ja O’Brien (die australische Variante von Carglass). Nach ein paar weiteren Tagen in Perth, beschlossen wir, dass Samstag der Startschuss für die Reise gen Norden fällt. Samstagmorgen starteten wir also nach Lancelin. Ein kleines Örtchen mit vielen ... read more

7-11-09 We woke up to a great day, no wind & we are leaving, the temp is to be a perfect 26 deg , we left early & went the coast road, & turned off to go to Port Gregory, a beautiful place we will have to visit again. A sleepy little fishing haven with a beautiful beach & a Lake known as The Pink lake. We had a cup of coffee at a lookout & no joke the lake went from Pink , to blue, to green , amazing. The Pink colour comes from Bacteria that provides a rich source of Beta Carotene, it is trapped in the salt granules of the lake & gives off the pink colour. From there we went onto Northampton, a town from yesteryear , it reminded me of Berry ... read more