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Friday 11 November 2005 Day 204

We left Kalbarri by 9.30 this morning; we didn’t have along trip so we were in no hurry.

We stopped off at some more of the coastal lookouts of the Kalbarri National Park including Eagle Gorge, Island Rock and Natural Bridge where we saw a blue tongued lizard.






At Port Gregory we saw the most amazing lake I’ve ever seen. The water was pink, I’d read about it in the tourist brochures but they didn’t emphasise just how pink the water was.  I expected there to be a faint pink tinge to the water, but it was almost Barbie pink.

We arrived at the caravan park and proceeded to put up the tent only to realise we’d left one of the pieces at Kalbarri. Back onto the bike and off to find a camping store. The owner of the store was most obliging and helpful and found us a part that wasn’t meant for our tent but that would do the trick. We also bought some groceries while we were out.

On our way to the supermarket we saw a Ulysses member pulling into Hungry Jacks right next to the supermarket. We went and introduced ourselves to Russ, who told us that the Geraldton group were going for a ride on Sunday to Kalbarri. Having just come from there we won’t go, but he told us that a group of Ulysses members will meet at the Geraldton Airport on Sunday afternoon, so we’ll probably go and say hello.

There were lots of bikes in town today, Coffin Cheaters and Vietnam Vets were having a run up to Northampton for the drag racing that’s on tomorrow night. There were quite a few police cars escorting them through town.



Saturday 12 November 2005 Day 205

We didn’t do much at all today, caught up with doing some clothes washing, the bike and trailer got a clean as well.

We went out and had a look around the shops we need a new air mattress, it keeps going flat, but we didn’t find one to suit, so we’ll put up with it until we get to Perth.

Also rode by the Point Moore Lighthouse and I took a few photos. There are some nice looking buildings here in Geraldton a lot of them made from a light coloured stone.



Sunday 13 November 2005

In the morning we went to the Lions Club trash and treasure market. It’s held on the grounds of the Visitor Information Centre which we visited to find out what else we should see while we’re in Geraldton. On the same site is an old prison that now houses a craft market, we had a look through it while we were there.

After the market we went up the hill to the HMAS Sydney Memorial. It’s a beautiful structure visible from many places throughout the town and is in memory of a ship that sunk off the coast. The silver dome is made up of 645 Seagulls representing one for each person that drowned. There is a statue of a woman looking out to sea, searching in vain for a ship that never returned and a tall sculpture that represents the bow of a ship.

We then went and had a look at the WA Museum Geraldton, a modern building at the new Batavia Marina development. The maritime history of the region is a major focus of the museum and it houses an excellent display on the Batavia a Dutch ship that wrecked off the coast in the 1600s.

At 3pm we were at the Airport for afternoon tea with Geraldton Ulysses. A few members turned up, I didn’t expect many because they had a ride to Kalbarri on today. We had a hot chocolate and a chat in the coffee shop there; we’re always made to feel most welcome by our fellow Ulysses members.

We mentioned our plan to visit the Pinnacles on our way to Perth and Bev and Arthur told us that there’s a Ulysses member who lives at Cervantes, near the Pinnacles who works for CALM (Conservation and Land Management). They said that they’d email us his details once they got home and to contact him to find out road conditions in the area.

As soon as we logged on to the computer when we got home the details were there as promised, they only had an email address so we sent off an email to him requesting the info. We didn’t get an answer by the time we went to bed, but not everyone spends as much time on the net as we do.







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