Kalbarri
Today we begin our fourth month on the road. I have had a wonderful time so far-meeting lots of nice people, seeing places for the first time and catching up with Leah, Blair and Todd in Perth was the highlight of the trip so far!
Yesterday in Geraldton, new neighbours arrived. We began to talk as you do (where have you been, where are you going, where are you from?). The wife was originally from Warragul (the same as me) and we would have been at high school and pony club together, although she was 3 years younger than me. Small world.
This morning we packed up and moved on to Kalbarri. It’s a small fishing and tourist town about 600ks north of Perth. Russell hasn’t been feeling too well since yesterday so I drove. We had the strongest head and cross winds you can imagine so the 190ks took us about 3 1/2 hours. We are booked in here for a week as it looks like it will be a good place to put the boat in and do some fishing in the Murchison River.
I'd always imagined the country around Geralton to be pretty flat, but it was quite hilly and beautiful and there were a lot of sheep, beef and wheat farms. The last couple of ks into Kalbarri reminded us both of the great ocean road as there were lots of roads leading down to natural formations on the coast. We’ll check those (and the gorges Kalbarri is also famous for) out in the next few days.
The weather is hot here-maybe 30c outside the van (I have the air con on in here) and the park pool is looking pretty nice. Our neighbours have gone down swimming to a local rock pool which the say is warm, clear and great for snorkeling and swimming.
Yesterday in Geraldton, new neighbours arrived. We began to talk as you do (where have you been, where are you going, where are you from?). The wife was originally from Warragul (the same as me) and we would have been at high school and pony club together, although she was 3 years younger than me. Small world.
This morning we packed up and moved on to Kalbarri. It’s a small fishing and tourist town about 600ks north of Perth. Russell hasn’t been feeling too well since yesterday so I drove. We had the strongest head and cross winds you can imagine so the 190ks took us about 3 1/2 hours. We are booked in here for a week as it looks like it will be a good place to put the boat in and do some fishing in the Murchison River.
I'd always imagined the country around Geralton to be pretty flat, but it was quite hilly and beautiful and there were a lot of sheep, beef and wheat farms. The last couple of ks into Kalbarri reminded us both of the great ocean road as there were lots of roads leading down to natural formations on the coast. We’ll check those (and the gorges Kalbarri is also famous for) out in the next few days.
The weather is hot here-maybe 30c outside the van (I have the air con on in here) and the park pool is looking pretty nice. Our neighbours have gone down swimming to a local rock pool which the say is warm, clear and great for snorkeling and swimming.
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