Days 85 - 86 Friday 8th July & Saturday 9th July

Day 85  Friday 8^th July

Today we drove out to Greenough Village, which is an historic town site about 17km south of Geraldton. There were about 11 buildings  from the early settlement built between 1857 and 1890. People had lived in them prior to them being taken over by the National trust. There was a school house, a Catholic church and convent, an Anglican church, a police and gaol and some homes. Inside these they had some of the old implements used by these people.

After we left we went to the Greenough River where it entered the sea. This appears to be the surf beach.

Then we bought some rock lobsters for tea. Looking forward to them.

Day 86  Saturday 9^th July

We left Geraldton at about 8.30. It was quite cold (about 10 degrees) and very windy. We went to Jurien bay where we had morning tea and then on to Cervantes. After booking into the caravan park we headed out to the Pinnacles in the Nambung National Park. The Pinnacles are limestone rocks jutting up into the air and surrounded by sand. There were so many of them. We drove around them for 4 ½ kms.

Then we headed out to Lake Thetis and the stromatolites which were very different to the ones at Hamelin Pool. There were very few here. Then we went to Hansen Bay Lookout to view the beautiful water and bay area. We drove back into town and had a quick look around. The rock lobster industry seems to be the most important in the town.

Distance travelled today 230 kms

Total distance travelled 13189 km

Stromatolite (again!)