Carnarvon Races
I’m enjoying Carnarvon heaps more this time and I know it’s the change of park. This one is great.
Yesterday we went to the Farmer’s Market in town again-it’s on every Saturday morning and is really worth getting to if you are here. After an early lunch we walked down the park steps and met the bus to take us to the local races. It was a small meet with only 6 races, only 7 horses in most races and about 10 jockeys all up-they had pretty full cards so would have been happy. The race caller gave us little bits of gossip about horses, riders and trainers and I’m sure he almost knew the moment every horse running was conceived. We had met another couple at the Nanutarra roadhouse and they were staying here and on the buss too. Jack had been an amateur jockey and trainer and former president of Dalby racing club so pretty keen on his racing. Wendy and I were happy to sit in the sunshine and chat whilst the horses went by, drink very cheap drinks and enjoy a great day. Russ was very happy having a few bets and a few of those cheap drinks.
Carnarvon Racecourse
Today we slept very late (10am) then went to town and bought ourselves a doona and cover as we find these nights getting a bit cold-sometimes slipping below 10c at night. The days are still beautiful though.
This afternoon we went for a drive out to the blowholes (about 80ks from town). On the way out we counted 15 emus along the road-they are a bit brainless, so you need to watch they don’t run in front of the car. The blowholes were pretty good, but there were a lot of signs warning of the power of the waves and people being killed-it was a bit off putting. We then turned left and went to look at the Quobba Point camping ground. There is no water or electricity, so you have to be very well set up but there were literally hundreds of people out there. Then we went back past the blowholes and to the right to Quobba Station to look at their campground. It was a bit more civilized looking, but not many people. On the way there we saw a whale breaching-it hit the water making a huge splash. It did it again twice but was unfortunately moving away from us.
Tomorrow we are going to try and find a car wash to clean off and out all the red dust from the car-it really looks a mess, inside and out!
Yesterday we went to the Farmer’s Market in town again-it’s on every Saturday morning and is really worth getting to if you are here. After an early lunch we walked down the park steps and met the bus to take us to the local races. It was a small meet with only 6 races, only 7 horses in most races and about 10 jockeys all up-they had pretty full cards so would have been happy. The race caller gave us little bits of gossip about horses, riders and trainers and I’m sure he almost knew the moment every horse running was conceived. We had met another couple at the Nanutarra roadhouse and they were staying here and on the buss too. Jack had been an amateur jockey and trainer and former president of Dalby racing club so pretty keen on his racing. Wendy and I were happy to sit in the sunshine and chat whilst the horses went by, drink very cheap drinks and enjoy a great day. Russ was very happy having a few bets and a few of those cheap drinks.
Carnarvon Racecourse
Today we slept very late (10am) then went to town and bought ourselves a doona and cover as we find these nights getting a bit cold-sometimes slipping below 10c at night. The days are still beautiful though.
This afternoon we went for a drive out to the blowholes (about 80ks from town). On the way out we counted 15 emus along the road-they are a bit brainless, so you need to watch they don’t run in front of the car. The blowholes were pretty good, but there were a lot of signs warning of the power of the waves and people being killed-it was a bit off putting. We then turned left and went to look at the Quobba Point camping ground. There is no water or electricity, so you have to be very well set up but there were literally hundreds of people out there. Then we went back past the blowholes and to the right to Quobba Station to look at their campground. It was a bit more civilized looking, but not many people. On the way there we saw a whale breaching-it hit the water making a huge splash. It did it again twice but was unfortunately moving away from us.
Tomorrow we are going to try and find a car wash to clean off and out all the red dust from the car-it really looks a mess, inside and out!
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