Geraldton/Kalbarri/Shark Bay

Thought we had better update the blog as we have seen so much since leaving Perth. Our first stop was Geraldton…didn’t do much in there only visited the HMAS Sydney II Memorial which was a really cool thing to do. The kids got to learn a bit of history too.

                   

                     HMAS Sydney II Memorial- each seagull represents a sailor lost…645 of them.

Our next stop was Kalbarri National Park. That's where the heat and the flies hit us…35+ and the flies are unbelievable.. I’m thinking that's what the next couple months are going to be like so I’m getting use to it.  The trip to Kalbarri National Park made it all worth while…beautiful gorges and then a refreshing swim to cool down.

Kalbarri National Park.

Very hot after the walk to the gorge.

Shark Bay is a wonderful place. We scored a great campsite right on the dunes which meant the kids could swim for the whole afternoon to keep cool. We got up early to make it to Monkey Mia for their first dolphin feeding for the day, only to get in the car and have the immobilizer play up so we couldn’t start it. Simon basically ripped out the whole unit…..still took an hour…..and then we raced over and still caught the 1st dolphin feeding…lucky they came in late that day. We invested in a few more fly head nets while we were there…..good investment i think.

View from camper.

 

 

Monkey Mia dolphins checking out the boys.

 

Shell Beach is my kind of beach. No sand, just pure white shells….it’s amazing to see. The water was so clear and warm that I even had a swim to cool down. 

                        

 

                           

 

Fly nets..good investment to keep kids happy.

 

We arrived in Carnarvon yesterday with a battery that was losing power and are waiting now for our alternator to get replaced – good timing for that to happen really..last town for a while that would be able to fix it easily.  

The caravan park we are staying at was hit by those floods up here in Dec. It’s amazing to see the photos of what it was like only 4 months ago- mud everywhere. Carnarvon is also the land of huge grasshoppers and tiny frogs- i unfortunately washed a couple frogs in my load of washing this morning..they still managed to jump away so hopefully they will live to fight another day.