Thursday we crossed over the Tropic of Capricorn and we have certainly noticed the drop in air temp. We have now spent the last two and a half months in temperatures 25 degrees and above and are not looking forward to the cooler weather as we head south towards Perth.
We stopped in at Point Quobba on our way to Carnarvon, we had thought we would have spent a night there but all the good camp sites were taken, only spots left were soft sand surrounded by scrub and no vista. So we retraced our steps to the highway and went onto Carnavon. The Blow Holes at Point Quobba were very impressive and the coastline was very rugged a big difference to the sheltered calm sandy beach at Coral Bay that has the outer reef to break the rough seas of the Indian Ocean.
We were lucky to be able to book into the caravan park a day earlier than expected at Carnarvon and Rex & Carlene were surprised to see that we had rocked up while they were out and about. Fresh produce is readily available, as the plantations surrounding Carnarvon are on fertile river flats where they grow fruit and vegetables which can be bought direct from their doors or from the growers market that is held on Saturday mornings in the town. We were able to stop in at the market as we left town and pick up some lovely fresh fruit and vegies to take with us. We were only in the town for a couple of nights but we did manage to fit in a visit to the One Mile Jetty which is one of the longest in WA, it was late afternoon so thought it would be best to catch a ride on the small loco which was a lot quicker than we could walk. The Jetty has certainly seen better days, as while we were out on the end of it you could feel a slight sway caused by the gentle waves rolling in through the piers.
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| Point Quobba coatline |
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| Blow holes Point Quobba |
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| One Mile Jetty Carnarvon |
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