The Pink Lake is something else worth viewing to be believed. Not sure why?!?! No explanation anywhere. Perhaps I should google it.
Port Gregory is a small coastal fishing village set within a large lagoon. The reef shelters the fishermen in smaller tinnies.
Leaving the coast and out to Northampton for a stroll down the main street to soak up the atmosphere of this town originally formed in the 1850's - 60's with the mines in the area's, the old buildings and the beautiful planted gardens throughout the town brightening the street. Lots of plaques to stop and read of local folk that tells the history of this area. Now driving through the wheatbelt region now and seeing the farmers making hay reminded me of my childhood when Dad and Uncle's Bob and Bill worked hard contracting haybailing for extra income to pay off their farms.
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| Love these steel murals - this one deplicting the gold mining times. |
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| The railway was built from Perth to here in Northampton to help the pioneers from this area to get their callte, goodes and the people themselves transported as the roads those days took an endless journey. |
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| This Cathloic Convent is now accommodation for traveller's |
We ended up heading east from Geraldton as we wanted to seek out the "Wildflower Country".
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| Not much left here of this once busy country town but these steel structures telling the farmers story. |
Tried to get into the Northern Loop Camping Trail Stop but too many trees - scrub so pulled into the metal pit down by the railway line off the main highway. Looking up beside the van I spied this Australian Ringneck Parot feeding/protecting its babies in the top bough of the tree. So lovely watching them but with Wayne starting up the genset for a couple of hours, when we woke up the next morning they had flown the nest and two Galahs were looking for them!
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| Anyone would think these two galahs lost their own babies the way they came back several times this morning looking for the chicks. |
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