buzz

I could have spent all day looking at the gorges in Kalbarri NP, but for the flies. The constant buzz, worse than traffic, ruined the peace.

On arrival at Hamelin Pool I invested in a fly net. Not the best look, I admit, but boy was I thankful. I was so fed up of swatting and picking flies out from behind my sunnies!

Sandy resisted and put up with the flies for the whole trip. She was the only one at Hamelin without a net! I don't know how she did it. She did eat and inhale a few though...

Kalbarri Gorge

Kalbarri 1

I really hate blogger! It's going to take the rest of my life to upload these holiday pics!

Anyhow, these are from 2 of the look-outs in Kalbarri Coastal Park.

Sad but true

Ok, so even my weather nut friends will think this is sad, but yes, I visit weather stations in my spare time! The white box has the thermometers in them (often automatic ones), and the cylinder is a rain gauge. Some sites have co-operative observers that read the instruments once or more per day.

Rottness Island: sited on a hill opposite the hill the lighthouse is on (not fun to ride up, I tell you!)



Cape Leeuwin - the most SW point of Australia, where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet (also near the lighthouse). Automatic rain gauge.

Manual rain gauge at Hamelin Pool and disused screen. The gauge is actually on top of a sand dune which I was surprised about because there are specific rules about siting these. Turns out that the old one was washed away in a flood last year, so they had to put the new one on higher ground!

Treasures of Northampton

Northampton - prob 60km north of Geraldton is famous (?) for it's National Trust classified buildings and the Hanging of the Quilts (sadly, not til October). Also has a coca-cola museum, strangely enough. And a really good op-shop which gets it's stock all the way from Perth ('not from Geraldton') and has a whole room of $1 stock (which is where we spent most of our visit to Northampton!)

The pink lagoon

This is Hutt Lagoon near Port Gregory. If I'd known you could see it from the highway, I wouldn't have done a detour to the town (if you could call it a town).

Fortunately Sandy had the idea to take a pic of the Lonely Planet Guide :

The 'beautiful beach' and wooden jetty which is 'perfect for fishing holidays', or so says the LPG