Geraldton to Carnarvon

Hello all

Sorry for the delay in posting an update, but I had no reception for 9 days. Subsequently  there is a lot to update on.....

After a showery trip trip it was an overnight  in Kalbari before hitting the gorges the next day.

Murchison Gorge, Kalbari

Murchison Gorge

Murchison  Gorge

Goanna having a sunbake

After Cyclone Oswald, the flies are horrendous.....every time I get out of the vehicle I reach for the flynet, these tiny pests drive you mad!

Next overnight  was Billabong Roadhouse before turning West towards Monkey Mia. With Easter in a day or so I was looking for somewhere to hide.

Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia

 With Good Friday the next day, it was overnight in Denham before heading back to Hamelin Station Stay where I had picked up a week's work.

Eagle Bluff

Denham Lookout

Shell Beach

The week at Hamelin was testing........the weather was hot and humid, with daytime temperatures of low 30's and nights of 22-23c. A lot of overcast days with occasional  showers combined with unpowered sites only, tested my solar to the limits. 

The freezer was running overtime and the battery was struggling to keep up. With no tv or internet reception, I was told by other travellers that there was a large low off the coast and this was causing the solar unfriendly weather. 

Bore at Hamelin Station Stay

I stayed a day extra at Hamelin Station Stay and took the opportunity to tick another box. Years ago I did the lighthouse walk at Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, the most Southerly  point of the mainland, also having done Byron Bay Lighthouse  (most Easterly) and of course Cape York last Winter.

I couldn't be this close to Steep Point (most Westerly) and not go there. Also having the camper off was already sealed the deal. The track out there is shocking with corrugations  that need to be seen to be believed. The last 30 or so kilometres took nearly 3 hours to complete!

The track is narrow, corrugated, blind crests and corners with a few sand dunes thrown in as well.

Steep Point

Steep Point track

Steep Point track

Steep Point track

As you can imagine it made for a long uncomfortable day in an unladen 1 tonne ute. Whilst  am glad I did the trip to Steep Point, in retrospect it was too far for a day trip, leaving Hamelin at 7.30am and getting back at 5.00pm and hardly stopping all day.

False Entrance

Cliffs at False Entrance

The next morning it was time to pack up and move on from Hamelin, but not before an amazing sunset after I got back from Steep Point which heralded the change to clear skies and lower humidity.

Sunset at Hamelin Station

Sunset at Hamelin Station

On my way out it was off to see the Stromatalites at Hamelin Pool, these are the oldest living things on Earth, but just look like rocks and thrive in the shallow very salty warm waters of Hamelin Pool.

Hamelin Pool Stromatilites

Stromatilites

Tomorrow I head to Quobba Point for a few nights and another look at the wreck of the Korean Star, which I saw in 1996.
Bye for now.