We completed some of the domestics around the place such as the washing, sweeping and washing the floor before we headed out for a day of sightseeing.
First stop a drive out to see the blowhole at Quobba located 73kms north of Carnarvon. Here a powerful jet of water is forced with terrific pressure through a whole in the rock up to a height of 20 metres. It was a sunny day though there was a cool wind still blowing. However the scenery of the coast line being very rugged was quite stunning and of course very dangerous.
We walked along the cliff and down to a great beach which was protected by a coral beach which contained tropical fish and hundreds of oyster shells.
We drove out along the cliff top on a dirt road to see the HMAS Sydney Cairn.
From here it was up to the light house and then back to Carnarvon to have a look at the OTC Dish which was opened in 1966 and used when in participated in the space race to put a man on the moon.
The station closed in 1987 after assisting in tracking Halley’s Comet. Here we also had a terrific view of the town and the surrounding area.
Memorial Drive
We then drove along the HMAS Sydney memorial drive where there were 645 trees and plaques dedicated to every Officer and Seaman lost.
We Drove over the Gascoyne river which is very wide but quite unusual in that the water sits unseen below the river bed in underground reserves protected from evaporation by the sand.The river does flow visibly after heavy rain inland which then filters through the river sand to the underground aquifers and from here the water is drawn for the town supply and the plantations.
We decided that we wouldn’t drive out to the Mt Augustus Nat Park which was 460 kms west of Carnarvon where the worlds largest monocline is, which is twice the size of Uluru.
Tomorrow we continue south and then up to Denham and a quick visit to Monkey Mia.
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