First of all Happy Birthday to Danielle. Sorry we weren’t able to be with you to help celebrate the day. We were thinking of you though.
After all the domestics were completed like the washing etc we set off for the HMAS Sydney Memorial which has been built on what was once just a sand hill. Here are the names of everyone of the
645 sailors that lost their lives on that fateful day in November 1941 just of Shark Bay whilst engaging the German raider the Kormoran. There are many tributes to the Sydney up and down this coast and although its final resting place on the ocean bed has been located there is still disbelief that there was not one survivor from the ship and
After lunch it was on to the Museum where we learnt about the numerous shipwrecks in the area and the tragic story of the Batavia shipwreck and mutiny in 1629 and of the Zeewijk in 1727. This very well presented museum is well worth a visit and we spent a good few hours looking around it and still didn’t see it all.
We then headed out to Greenough 25 km south of Geraldton which is a historic settlement that has been recognised as tremendous heritage value and has been extensively worked on preserving it. We walked around the eleven buildings dating back to the 1880’s and of its history and the people that lived there until the 1950’s, after which in fell into disrepair until the 1970’s when the National Trust started to preserve the buildings with the work still continuing.
We visited the Hampton Arms but we found it closed on Mondays.
We also were also fascinated by the leaning trees , a result of the wind that is constantly blowing.
(However today it was very calm.)
Tomorrow we explore further.
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