Taking showers was another great activity. In Green Head we found showers! In fact almost every single beach town provides these free (cold) showers. At Cliffhead we had the next free camping. From Cliffhead we drove to Yarra Yarra lakes near the boring town Three Springs. It seems that every single small town is set up in the same order with a postoffice, townhall, IGA supermarket, and some governmental offices. “Lake” was a big word, since there was almost no water in there and no bird to see. Next day we drove to the beach towns Dongara/Pt Denison. A good place to refill or restock a couple of things like water and fruits. As we took showers we didn’t make it to the next campsite in the north, so we stayed near these towns. Our next stop was in Geraldton. Here civilisation in WA ends/starts, depending on the travel direction. For us at least it ended. The last reasonable sized town until Darwin. As the distances get so big, supermarkets so scarce, and prices sky-rocketing we really needed this place to stop by. The most crazy thing was that we ended up last minute with a couchsurfer who had a massive house! Great to have some luxury. Geraldton has a very nice museum about the Dutch East Indie vessels that shipwrecked at the coast. One of them displayed was the “Batavia”. I found such a great thing to have more insight on what really was on board of these vessels. A mass load of silver coins, spices, and pottery of great value where just a fraction of the contents. Although most people (backpackers)complain about the boringness of this city, I still think it is a nice town. After our shopping adventure and some checkups with the car we were ready for our next adventure!
Kalbarri NP here we come 🙂
I was already looking forward to visit this national park. It is known for its beautiful gorges cut by the Murchison River and the taming wildlife the park hosts. Besides emus, kangaroos, wallabies, whales, dolphins, and many birds I didn’t see more. The flowers in the park were so georgous. Some flowers were incredibly bright. Like someone painted them with the brightest colours. I was lucky to be hosted by a 46 year old men, called Phill, through Couchsurfing. Here I ended up meeting Marianne again (time would learn that this was not going to be the last time too). She’s the Dutch girl I hosted in Albany. Phill is a fantastic dude. He took us to the spectaculair red coastal cliffs and took us also on our own whale tour! He sent me to a view point from the shore where I spotted the Southern Right whale with her calve. 10 minutes later on the boat I was on a merely 200 meteres from here and the baby. What a great day. What a fantastic national park. One of the most beautiful I’ve seen so far. And also what a fantastic Couchsurfing host! We cheered on this with Phill’s home brew beer. Is that not the right thing to do? 🙂
We finished our first part: The Batavia Coast! With Monkey Mia getting closer and the excitement getting greater. This is going to be the Shark Bay Coast.
Happy Travels,
Amar