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  1. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    My wife's bike. Only service vehicles are allowed on the roads so bicycles or walking are the main means of transport. Views around the island The 9.2" Gun installed on Oliver Hill in 1937. There is an interesting tour underground through tunnels that contained the ammunition...
  2. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    After she got back from Geraldton we had a couple of days in Perth. The compulsory visit to Kings Park The native flowers were starting to look nice there as well Thanks to all the youtubers etc all foreign visitors want to see the quokkas on Rottnest Island. The weather wasn't the best...
  3. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    We then headed back down south. But not before I had to replace a suspect tyre. On the way down we had to make a detour via Geraldton Airport. My wifes cousin wanted to see a bit more of the 'outback' on her own so she had booked a 3 night farmstay at a station north of Yalgoo. Plenty of...
  4. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    Finishing off Kalbarri Showing some Grass Trees to our visitor Views from Red Bluff Lookout. Whale spouts could be seen everywhere from this lookout but they were always just far enough away that you couldn't see anything other than a possible glimpse of a whale. Lovely late afternoon...
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    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

  6. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    And now for something completely different - wildflowers!
  7. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    Nature's Window at The Loop The other friend who travelled with us is a talented amateur artist and she spent a fair bit of time doing sketches of the area for future works. While we waited for her my wife volunteered to use other visitors cameras to take photos of them in front of the...
  8. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    We made two trips out to the gorge in the Kalbarri National Park. The first day we had a general look around and on the second day we dropped our German friend off so she could do a multi hour hike on one of the trails. Unfortunately a couple of the trails she had thought of doing had been...
  9. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    It seems to have mostly recovered but there are still a few obvious remnants like the destroyed Bird Park.
  10. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    The ocean was pretty lumpy at first and I was worried about my wife who has a predilection to sea sickness but she handled it well. Unlike a poor teenage girl who spent much of the trip lying huddled up on the deck. It was 2 hour trip. We were served some warm home made Lobster Moray on board...
  11. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    After Geraldton we headed off to Kalbarri via the Pink Lake (Hutt Lagoon) My wife captured some nice cloud reflections here Kalbarri in the distance That first night we went for a sunset cruise offshore. The cruise boat is similar to the cray boats used up here. You have to pass...
  12. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    In Mullewa we had a quick look at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church . It was built by the same architect who designed the Cathedral in Geraldton. Not only did he design this church but he shaped the stone blocks and laid them himself. We were lucky as the church was being locked op but the...
  13. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    Finishing off the flowers around Mullewa
  14. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    We didn't see any but our visitor saw one when she had a few hours look around near to Mullewa on her return from the station stay. When we were in Canna, south of Mullewa, this sign said that it was too early for wreath flowers there. She took this the photo about a week after our visit to that...
  15. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    There will now be a lot of photos of wildflowers One of the spots recommended to us by the Mullewa Tourist Office was the small 'settlement' at Canna. There was some very useful information about where the best flowerings were to be seen. Unfortunately the dam road was flooded out...
  16. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    While at Geraldton we did a day trip to Mullewa about 100km east of Geraldton to see the wildflowers. Four trailer road trains operating to Geraldton harbour run at about 20 minute intervals all day long. We stopped at the Mullewa Tourist Office and they gave us a good briefing on where the...
  17. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    Sunset, again, from the HMAS Sydney Memorial above Geraldton. And moonrise The Big Marble
  18. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    After leaving the pinnacles we had a quick stop at Cervantes to see the cray boats at anchor before stopping at Green Head for some lunch. Then just south of Geraldton at Grenough we stopped to show our visitor the 'leaning tree'. In Geraldton we stopped at a very nice and near new...
  19. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    Pinnacles cont. The Pink and Grey Galahs seem to have a liking for this area
  20. OZDUCK

    Up down and around a bit in South West W.A

    The next day we headed of to Geraldton via The Pinnacles Our first stop was to pick up another 'cousin'. She is from the Sabah side of the family and her family connection to my wife is a common ancestor in Malacca around 1790. We loaded everything into my trusty 2005 WL V6 Statesman and headed...
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