Good Morning Geraldton!
Friday
Low 13°c (55°F) – High 22°c (72°F)
A bit better night’s sleep for all last night and thankfully the
weather cleared a little and it wasn’t really cold, but not a sunny day either.
Mid morning I received a call from the local hospital to book me in for
my follow-up physio appointment – say what?
After a bit of discussion with the lady on the phone who had an
appointment for me in 2 weeks time we decided to book into a spot she had next
Tuesday if for no other reason than to check everything is OK and hopefully get
confirmation that we’re good to go on Sunday.
After a bit of entertainment watching newcomers back onto their sites
this morning (Oh My……….) and a bite to eat for lunch we decided to go for a
little bit of a drive around Geraldton – literally the first I’ve got to see of
the town since we arrived 4 days ago.
Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648 as at June 2018 and is an
important service and logistics centre for regional mining, fishing, wheat,
sheep and tourism industries.
The Port of Geraldton is a major west coast seaport. The Point Moore
Lighthouse, located south of the Geraldton Port is a cultural and historical
attraction being the oldest surviving Commonwealth lighthouse in Western
Australia and was also the first steel tower to be constructed on the mainland
of Australia. It stands 35m tall and its 1000w Tungsten Halogen Lamp can be
seen for 23 nautical miles. It began operation in 1878. The tower was
prefabricated in Birmingham, England in 1876 and reached Australia by boat in
1877. However, the foundation for the lighthouse was laid at the wrong place by
the local contractors and had to be reconstructed at the new site. Currently,
it is a heritage-listed structure which is visited by photographers, travelers,
couples, artists, etc.
After a general drive around the area we paid a quick visit to the
local Rivers outlet to pick up a new pair of shoes for Shane to replace the mud
caked ones still sitting in the back of the car from his walk through the
mudflats in Broome. With no ice-cream
shops open we dropped by McDonalds to pick up sundaes and nuggets as a treat
for Miss Kitty who hadn’t been quite so agitated in the car today before
heading back to camp. It was a chilly
evening and although we enjoyed sitting in the van with the door open for a
while, it soon got cold enough to block the rest of the world out. Not a lot of joy over the coming week with
most days having showers forecast. We’ll
try to make the best of our stay and get out to see a bit of the area while we
are here.
Low 13°c (55°F) – High 22°c (72°F)
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