Yesterday as we were driving from Perth to Dongara we could feel and hear a knocking under the left side of the car. We thought it was a back left Shockie gone.
Today when we got in the car a funny thing happened, both the front seats had been moved back a notch. Then we noticed that there was no knocking. The shockie fairys had been overnight and fixed it. ( ????)
It didn't seem to take long to get to Geraldton. We were there before 10.30am because breakfast was still on at Maccas! After a quick look around we decided we would perhaps call in on our way back on Monday and spend a bit longer there.
Up the road we turned off at Port Gregory to see the Pink Lake. It was very nice. There was supposed to be a pink lake at Esperance but it wasn't pink anymore as the algae that makes it look pink had been flushed out during a storm. This one at Port Gregory was really pink. The photo opportunities were on the Port Gregory Road but when we got back on the Brand Hwy we could see that the pink was much more deeper in colour from that side, but there were no places to stop for a decent photo from that side.
Next stop was to view some awesome sea Cliffs just south of Kalbarri. From there it was 12 km's into Kalbarri. Found the API units easily then wandered across the road to the beach and hopped on a boat which took us up the Murchison River. The river is very shallow and silted up and the boat kept running aground on sand bars. The boat owner was starting to lose his cool by the he had run aground for the 4th time. The last time the boat would not move off the shallows, he eventually had get the passengers to shift the balance of weight to the front of the vessell then when that didn't help, he had to jump overboard and push. The sun had set by the time we got back to Kalbarri.
SATURDAY
We walked down to the Black Rock Cafe for brekky this morning. Then we walked back and got our stuff and went across the road to the beach to do some fishing. Unfortunately the only things caught were an ugly puffer fish, an undersized whiting and a crab. But it was a great day out in the sun, and very relaxing. Before sunset we went up Meannara Hill to take some photographs.
SUNDAY
Up early so that we didn't miss the Pelican Feeding on the beach. Its a daily tradition in Kalbarri. The Pelicans come in for a snack of fish each morning,. The town has a roster of 'Pelican Feeders', The pelican's fish is kept in a special pelican fridge at the backpackers lodge. The person pelican feeding duty goes to the backpackers and brings a bucket of fish to the shore. The cost of the fish is covered by donations made during the feedings. One family had some left over bait they were donating, so their children got to be the first Pelican feeders of the day. They accept donations of money or fish to keep the feeding program going. Today only 4 pelicans arrived for feeding, along with about 50 seagulls who stole half the fish.
Then we took our own breakfast (cereal) down to the beach to eat it.
After brekky we filled our water bottles up and headed off out to the National Park where we trecked into the Z Bend gorge and the Natures Windown part of the gorge, plus a couple of other look-outs along on the way. The heat from the cliffs was quite oppressive.... Could have been over 40 degs towards the middle of the day. Theres hardly any shade on most of the tracks and some of the tracks are extremely dangerous around the cliffs, no handrails etc. It was awesome and quite a challenge but we were so thrilled to have done it.
When we got home we whipped up some pasta then went down to the beach with a fishing rod and an icecream. Still no luck with the fishing, we just donated some expensive bait to the fishes.
I reckon we will sleep well tonight.
Tomorrow we turn the car in a southerly direction for the first time as we begin the journey back to Tasmania.
Monday and Tuesday night will be spent at Port Denison (we might get some more fishing done perhaps)
Wednesday night will be somewhere between there and Kalgoorlie. Then two nights in Kalgoorlie staying with Viann and Mick (Thurs and Fri) Then its back across the Nullarbor and a couple of nights down Streaky Bay way when get to South Australia.
(:: POSTSCRIPT ::) Monday 17th: THe car repair fairies have been again overnight: The light on our dashboard the indicates that there is still a door left open, has not worked since we were in Esperance over a week ago. WELL -- Today the light works again !!!
Thank you car repair fairy!!
Today when we got in the car a funny thing happened, both the front seats had been moved back a notch. Then we noticed that there was no knocking. The shockie fairys had been overnight and fixed it. ( ????)
It didn't seem to take long to get to Geraldton. We were there before 10.30am because breakfast was still on at Maccas! After a quick look around we decided we would perhaps call in on our way back on Monday and spend a bit longer there.
Up the road we turned off at Port Gregory to see the Pink Lake. It was very nice. There was supposed to be a pink lake at Esperance but it wasn't pink anymore as the algae that makes it look pink had been flushed out during a storm. This one at Port Gregory was really pink. The photo opportunities were on the Port Gregory Road but when we got back on the Brand Hwy we could see that the pink was much more deeper in colour from that side, but there were no places to stop for a decent photo from that side.
Next stop was to view some awesome sea Cliffs just south of Kalbarri. From there it was 12 km's into Kalbarri. Found the API units easily then wandered across the road to the beach and hopped on a boat which took us up the Murchison River. The river is very shallow and silted up and the boat kept running aground on sand bars. The boat owner was starting to lose his cool by the he had run aground for the 4th time. The last time the boat would not move off the shallows, he eventually had get the passengers to shift the balance of weight to the front of the vessell then when that didn't help, he had to jump overboard and push. The sun had set by the time we got back to Kalbarri.
SATURDAY
We walked down to the Black Rock Cafe for brekky this morning. Then we walked back and got our stuff and went across the road to the beach to do some fishing. Unfortunately the only things caught were an ugly puffer fish, an undersized whiting and a crab. But it was a great day out in the sun, and very relaxing. Before sunset we went up Meannara Hill to take some photographs.
SUNDAY
Up early so that we didn't miss the Pelican Feeding on the beach. Its a daily tradition in Kalbarri. The Pelicans come in for a snack of fish each morning,. The town has a roster of 'Pelican Feeders', The pelican's fish is kept in a special pelican fridge at the backpackers lodge. The person pelican feeding duty goes to the backpackers and brings a bucket of fish to the shore. The cost of the fish is covered by donations made during the feedings. One family had some left over bait they were donating, so their children got to be the first Pelican feeders of the day. They accept donations of money or fish to keep the feeding program going. Today only 4 pelicans arrived for feeding, along with about 50 seagulls who stole half the fish.
Then we took our own breakfast (cereal) down to the beach to eat it.
After brekky we filled our water bottles up and headed off out to the National Park where we trecked into the Z Bend gorge and the Natures Windown part of the gorge, plus a couple of other look-outs along on the way. The heat from the cliffs was quite oppressive.... Could have been over 40 degs towards the middle of the day. Theres hardly any shade on most of the tracks and some of the tracks are extremely dangerous around the cliffs, no handrails etc. It was awesome and quite a challenge but we were so thrilled to have done it.
When we got home we whipped up some pasta then went down to the beach with a fishing rod and an icecream. Still no luck with the fishing, we just donated some expensive bait to the fishes.
I reckon we will sleep well tonight.
Tomorrow we turn the car in a southerly direction for the first time as we begin the journey back to Tasmania.
Monday and Tuesday night will be spent at Port Denison (we might get some more fishing done perhaps)
Wednesday night will be somewhere between there and Kalgoorlie. Then two nights in Kalgoorlie staying with Viann and Mick (Thurs and Fri) Then its back across the Nullarbor and a couple of nights down Streaky Bay way when get to South Australia.
(:: POSTSCRIPT ::) Monday 17th: THe car repair fairies have been again overnight: The light on our dashboard the indicates that there is still a door left open, has not worked since we were in Esperance over a week ago. WELL -- Today the light works again !!!
Thank you car repair fairy!!
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