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18-Jun-2007

 

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Carnarvon and Kalbarri

Thursday - 2nd September

Packed up and headed on down to Carnarvon.  Countryside along the way is mainly red sand dunes covered in wildflowers.  They were beautiful.  Stopped a few times for photos.  Checked into the Plantation CP in Carnarvon then did a small tour of the town before heading back to camp for some rest and didge practice.  I can almost make the kookaburra sound with it now.  Must work on the circular breathing.  Mulloway that I caught in Broome for dinner tonight.

Friday - 3rd September

Went on down the One Mile Jetty for a bit of fishing.  A little train is available to take you most of the way out and back.  We decided to walk out and ride back.  Set up for fishing at the end of the pier, plan was to stay an hour,  but we ended up staying all day.   We had lots of bites and caught, mulloway, bream and flathead, but they were all undersize and we had to throw them back.  I caught the smallest flathead, I'm sure it had to be helped onto the hook by another fish.  Still it was great fun and we had to run to catch the last train in.

Saturday - 4th September

Nicked into town for the produce market and picked up some nice Asian herbs and greens and some ruby grapefruit.  Came back and hitched up and headed off down the highway heading for Kalbarri.  Arrived in Kalbarri to be met with the first rain we have seen for 3 months. Bugger.  Checked into the Anchorage CP.  Nice view over the river.

Sunday - 5th September

Weather much nicer today.  We headed out to the National Park to check on some more gorges.  Wonderful scenery including a pretty big goanna.  The wildflowers were beautiful and are erupting all over the countryside.  They are running an international X-treme challenge here, with teams from all over the world.  We came back to town to watch some of the action and also to check on some of the ocean scenery.  Dinner was at Finlay's BBQ.  Outdoors, no service, bring your own grog and glasses but a great place for a meal.

Monday - 6th September

Wild winds and rain overnight, thought I was back in Melbourne.  The day was pretty dismal too.  Went to the local telecentre to do some financial stuff on the internet.  Most of the telecentres let you hook your laptop into their broadband network, makes for quick downloads, much better than dial-up.  Visited the Rainbow parrot breeding centre. That was interesting with lots of different types of parrots in aviaries including a big walk in aviary.  We then went off down to watch the waves along the ocean cliffs.

 

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