Rain! During the night, for the first time in 3 weeks, we
heard rain for about 10 minutes. While Jan cooked us bacon, eggs, beans and
toast I commandeered her computer and while watching “Red Dog” (a 1970’s
Pilbara icon – more tissues Kath?) managed to finally get the blog up-to-date
for the first time. Finally left Geraldton and heading down the coast we got
caught behind one of the widest loads we had seen at 7.5 meters. It literally
took up both lanes of the road and even road trains had to park up well off the
road for it to pass. The massive trailer carrying the load looked like a toy.
We turned off onto Indian Ocean Drive stopping at the seaside town of Leeman
for morning tea, complete with flies and wind, continuing on to Cervates for
lunch with, you guessed it, the inevitable flies and wind. Had a good look
around at the “Pinnacles” which we found quite fascinating; limestone columns
up to 3 meters high protruding from desert sands. “Rising mysteriously from the
dune sands are thousands of limestone pillars, a landscape in eerie contrast to
the surrounding heath.” Well worth the visit. We ended the day in Lancelin, yet
another seaside town with flies and wind, in a run-down campground having now clocked
up 7,000km.
No comments:
Post a Comment