Perth Sightseeing

Today was tourist day, we headed out in the car and went to Northbeach which is a bit like Sanctury Cove on the Gold Coast, lots of shops and large boats.

We could not believe how many mullet were in the water here, easily 500! all sitting on top sunbaking.

from here we went to Cottesloe Beach, beautiful old pavillion, not much of a wave though.

then into the city to King's Park, this is situated above the city on the hill and has beautiful views back over the Swan River and the harbour.

Perth Caravan Park

We have found a great park to stay in while in Perth, it's close to the beaches and the city and is quite the surprise in a major city as it has a lake and lots of interesting wildlife.

This is Bugs, he does have a wife and 4 babies but they stay hidden, not this showpony though, he loves the attention.

It wouldn't be Perth without a Black Swan or two!

Some caravan site's are even "Lakefront"

Babies galore, there are 14 of these ducklings, so cute and fluffy.

Jurien Bay

From Geralton we travelled down the coast and spent a night at Jurien Bay, here we managed to purchase a couple of crayfish from a local fisherman, frozen unfortunately but still tasty.

The bay here is very pretty and a new curved wharf has just been finished.

Geralton

Geralton is home to the largest crayfish fleet on the west coast, it is also the wind surfing capital of Australia, not hard to believe when you see the leaning tree's

It  has a beautiful memorial to the sailors on the HMAS Sydney, it's a dome made up of 645 sea gulls which represent each soldier lost on the ship. There is also a bronze statue of the Waiting Woman, she looks out to sea waiting for the ships return.

Even she is fighting the wind!

There are some very interesting old building, this is St Xaviers and the Freemasons Hotel.

You would think a town this big would have a chinese restaurant open on a Saturday at lunchtime, but no, all three were closed! WA 2 hours and 20 years behind!

Pink Lake Port Gregory

Port Gregory is a very small coastal town which has a natural bay formed by a reef which encloses it, we came through here on a rainy day but you can see where the waves break on the reef in the background of this photo.

As you make your way into Port Gregory you pass the Pink Lake, the water has a distinct pink tinge which is very pretty but not caused by anything pretty, it's a bacteria which gets trapped in the salt in the water!

Kalbarri coastline

Kalbarri is where the outback meets the sea, the coastline is a mixture of white beaches and red rock cliffs which are covered in wildflowers.

Kalbarri - crayfish and beaches

Karbarri is another fishing town but this time the main catch is crayfish (lobster) Mick and I were watching one of the boats come back through the heads yesterday and commented he had collected all his traps, the reason for this is yesterday was the last day of the season, so I guess we will be looking at a frozen lobster if we get one!

The water here is clear blue and beautiful, we have been blessed with yet another sunny day so decided we would drag out the swimmers and head to Chinamans beach which is just down the road from our caravan park. The water was cool at first but then got better, who can believe you would have this all to yourself, I would like to wrap it up and take it home with me.

Later we went to Finlays Fish BBQ what a stange place, a must do if you are ever here, the food was excellent and then after dinner we headed out to the main fishing wharf to see if we could land anything, caught 4 very nice bream on the top of the tide, 11.30pm and a bit chilly but we were the only two people on the wharf, amazing.