6 MONTHS ON THE WALLABY

KALBARRI TO DONGARA AND FREMANTLE WA

We left Kalbarri on Friday 20 July and headed to Geraldton.  On the way we stopped for morning tea at a place called Point or Port Gregory.  It was a lovely little spot on the water.  We sat under a type of pergola with a roof made out of palm tree branches.

We got to Geraldton early afternoon and booked into a caravan park very close to the water.  The first day the weather was fine and that evening we cooked a bbq.  It was lovely eating outdoors and having a glass of wine.  But later on that night it rained heavily.  Saturday we decided to go shopping so us women (Jill  and I) went to Spotlight and the guys and Tori went to Bunnings.  The two of us "girls" had a ball buying wool, beads, fabric etc.  When we got back to the park the only thing we could do was stay in the van as it was raining all the time.  It just didn't let up.  The following day (my birthday) Jill and Barry left but Arnold and I decided to stay for another day.  We drove into Geraldton and went to the HMAS Sydney Memorial. 

The dome consists of 640 birds (doves I presume), one for every sailor who lost his/her life with the sinking of the HMAS Sydney during WW11.

We also went to the marina or dock area.  All the cray boats were in drydock as the cray season finished at the end of June.  There were lots and lots of them.

We also saw the lighthouse.  (I have decided to find as many lighthouse as I can so I can photograph them).  This one is more inland than most although still close to the water.

We left Geraldton on Monday 23 July.

We drove as far as Dongara and decided to stay at a caravan park - again right on the water.  There was no real protection and during the night we had a mini storm.  The force of the wind made the caravan rock  and the rain was so heavy it was deafening.  Luckily we didn't unhook the van but we did put the legs down.  We would have been rocking and rolling real bad if we hadn't.   In the morning we heard that further down the coast they had a mini tornado.  Quite a few houses lost roofs and fences.  We would love to come back to Dongara as we could imagine it on a clear day - very nice.

We left Dongara and stopped at a place called Gin Gin for lunch.  This is a very old town.  We parked next to a church and the grave sites around the church were from the 1800's.

We were meeting Jill and Barry again in Fremantle.  We met up and decided to go to the Motor Museum which is located down by the dock.  What an amazing place.  All the vehicles on show are owned privately.  They are amazing.  Arnold and Barry, both being car mad, were in their element.

They were just a small sample of the cars and bikes on show.  Well, bye for now.  Will update again from Bunbury or Margaret River.

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12:43 PM, 26/7/2007 .. Posted by THE RILEY's

well the photo's look good ..glad to hear you are all going good . we ejoy them . M & P.

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12:29 PM, 27/7/2007 .. Posted by

nice to see some photos again nice photo of the two of you Bianka