The edge of the road suddenly became green. This may not seem like much, but after months of spinifex, mulga, red dust and desert it was initially quite startling for Cem and I. It was round about Kalbarri that the journey felt like it was changing for me. There were a few other signals for this change; our first traffic light since Alice Springs in Geraldton, digging out the long pants and jacket as the temperature dropped and the Kalbarri National Park; the walkways were PAVED!!
Coronation Beach was a nice place to stop and lunch, it had a great little campground too, but we pushed on and stayed at Cliff Head south of Geraldton with another waterfront position, although the beach was about 1 metre deep with squishy seaweed. That night was extremely windy and it poured rain. We all woke at 2am and were happy to be dry as we listened to the roaring outside.
The Pinnacles are a couple of hours north of Perth. One theory for their existence is a petrified forest, they are certainly quite striking. For anyone who knows the kids book 'Are we there yet?', we are attempting to mimic the author and family in the following shots.
We threw in our lines at a little fishing village called Lancelin and finally caught two fish! But .... they were 'blowies' or blowfish, which are pesky little fish stealing the bait and distracting fishermen from catching real fish. We are getting closer though! A final rough camp before Perth on the picturesque Moore River. We could walk along the river, it was very lush and green with nice flowers which Ayla enjoyed collecting. (This was before we learnt that picking of wild flowers anywhere in WA is illegal...tut tut)
And this is our movies, tea and chocolate set-up in the van that night. Tomorrow is Perth.
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