Cervantes

A very exciting day as we are due to meet our Kristy,Shane and our 3 grandkids Stina,Kobe and Kingston we will be spending 5 days with them here before travelling with them back to Bunbury for  another week.

Well we have had a great time here tho the weather has not been so kind visited the Pinnacles walked thru them then did the drive thru which covered a much greater area. A truly fascinating place  was almost like walking on another planet. Took the kids fishing but the wind and all the seaweed made it very uncomfortable.

Geraldton

Have spent just 2 days here, is easily the biggest town we have been to since leaving Darwin.
We now realise that we are heading back into the more populated area as there is no longer the endless hours of driving between our destinations.
It is now wildflower season in the west and the bush on all sides of the road is a mass of colour tho I am over yellow and we spend time trying to spy any other colour.
Geraldton is a major port and is the first that does not have a long jetty but a deep water port that sees the ships come right in to shore.
We have noticed on our journey down the west coast a lot of development and gather it is from a government funded program Royalties for Regions, Geraldton has completely revamped the waterfront removing all the railway lines that were along the shore and replaced with open public space and tourist development such as marinas and accommodation. 

Denham/Monkey Mia

Have arrived here and staying for 4 nights,passed thru the Tropic of Capricorn and the weather has changed as well, gone are the hot summer days of 30+ , the wind is blowing and the sky is grey very tempted to turn around and head back north.
 Denham is part of a world heritage area because of the sea grass that grows here.

We travelled to the well known Monkey Mia today to see the dolphins they wanted to charge us $8 each to enter luckily they did not have eftpos and said we had to pay at shop inside which of course we did(not). The dolphins were just swimming around in the shallows right out the front, it has become very commercial which has taken away some of the mystic

Carnarvon

We have arrived at about 12pm and as we had not booked we just picked the closest park to the town centre. Carnarvon is a major farming area with bannanas and other fruits as well as a large commercial fishing fleet.

We have to stay 2 nights here mainly as we need to exchange the battery we bought from Beaurepairs in Katherine as it is not holding its charge, so have not planned to do anything special here other than have a look around. A nice town situated at the mouth of the Gascoyne River is an old town with several buildings dating back to early 1900's but neither of us was greatly taken by it.