Travel Blogs from Geraldton, Australia
Road Trip the First
... was whooping: "It drives! This thing really drives!" And soon we were out of Perth and heading north towards our first stop, Geraldton. I drove for the first half of the day and learned all about the joy of attempting to overtake very slowpokey drivers in ...
We have signal!
... to Geraldton was short and sweet as its more for a stock take for food. The is the second biggest town after Perth in Western Australia with a population of 37,000! There are more in Harrow alone which has over 200,000! Although it quite nice not to ...
Geraldton
... to the campsite where I proceeded to be sick for no apparent reason. The following morning we visited Geraldton - the excellent WA Museum which had interesting displays on the region's history and wildlife, finishing our walk around at the ...
Perth to Geraldton - Day 199
... After packing my gear and saying my goodbyes in The Vines, I drove 500km north this afternoon. I parked up 25km north of Geraldton after indulging in a dirty McDonalds, thought it would probably be my last opportunity to have some junk food for quite a ...
Dolphins
Day 6 Ok, it was worth the extra kms and $ to come up here: the dolphins are adorable! It is never as expected, of course: 100 other people also know about the dolphins and we are not allowed in the water cause there are calves around. At a ...
Flies, seaweed, sunsets and stars
... the early morning 6.30 run) then enjoyed hanging out at the beach and playground. After lunch we packed up and moved on to Geraldton, the local metropolis, where we bought a tent and some sleeping bags to take with us when we swap the van for a 4 x ...
What a wonderful shower!!
... with police officers. Other than a shower there was certainly nothing else drawing us to this god awful town so we head onto Geraldton. Once we arrive we head straight for the caravan park and I can not explain to you just how awesome my shower was. ...
christmas stop!
a christmas stop. a few days by the sea, walking, watching the lighthouse, eating and ...
Smutna historia Batavii
Samochod ksztusil sie rano badzo dlugo i myslelismy, ze nadeszla juz jego ostatnia chwila. Okazalo sie jednak, ze wykrzesal w sobie ostatnie resztki zycia i zapalil. Pojechalismy zatem do muzeum, w ktorym zachwycilam sie wystawa artefaktow z Batawii- ...
Geraldton
... banksia bushes in flower. They were quite spectacular so I had to stop and take a picture! Anyway, made it to Geraldton around 7.00pm, later that I had anticipated. Seemed to take forever to get there. Checked right into the Foreshore Backpackers and ...
A slight wrong turn!
Geraldton was once again just a stop over. Something definitely worth mentioning however is 1. Ozzie's are the worst at giving directions and 2. Frank does not enjoy driving over sand dunes and large rocks! You can pretty much guess the ...
The Road Trip Begin's
... Village, which was a Victorian Village and reminded me of Beamish except of course it was like stepping back in time in Australia. We saw the original old school, prison, church and girls convent, not exactly rock n roll but all vey interesting and we ...
Day 171
... Freemasons where we’re staying to enjoy some beverages. Settle down with a beer – then the weird and wonderful of Geraldton start to emerge. For a starters, I’m guessing that the local barber has only one picture in his shop that the men ...
geraldton revisited
the tent survives another night due to the ballast provided by bev and jim (and nattie).but will it last the whole four months ? doubt it. we all go into town again, the kids go shopping but bev and jim opt for a bit of culture at the posh new museum on ...
Stranded in Gero...can you believe it??
Poking my head out the side of the canvas, the hot sun pours down upon my face. Wow you would never know the storm which lashed our 'house' last night had even been here. Well until we saw the front cover of the local paper that was. Yes we are now ...
back to the future
... set and they just forgot to take the props away afterwards - it's wacky! about the size of Dover and with some other similarities Geraldton has the port, the empty shops , the charity shops and 2 dollar cheapjack shops just like home! it even has similar ...
HMAS Sydney Memorial
Continued north to Geraldton a town on the West Coast. Visited the HMAS Sydney memorial which is really well done and very moving, naming all 645 men who lost their lives in 1941 during World War II. There is a sculpture there with seagulls – one to ...
Day SEVENTY SEVEN
... . They say it is pink because of a natural minerals in the water kind of like the Blue Lake in Mt Gambia. When we arrived in Geraldton Mum had to go straight to the bank which is the main reason we are here because Mum had to pick up a new credit card but ...
Zwiedzamy Geraldton
Ciezkie chmury wisialy nad nami przez cala podroz do Geraldton. Na szczescie tylko straszylo deszczem, ale nie padalo. Mielismy wiec czas zwiedzic troche miasto, ktore jest pieknie polozone nad lazurowym oceanem. Samo centrum miasta zostalo tez w ...
West Coast Mission: Day 3
... the world surpassed by none, not even mozzies or flies or overweight lesbians with an aversion to bras and shaving was beyond us but still, we checked it out and took photos and generally concurred with Ashley; Geraldton aint worth the effort. ...
400km round trip to see the Pinnacles
So it is our first morning awakening in our new home and it is actually awesome!! We head off up the road and for our first shower in a roadhouse!! We drive towards the Pinnacles, or at least we think we are, turns out we actually drove 200km's past the ...
Cast away in Geraldton
... at the mouth of the Wittecarra Creek – and also about the two men who were probably Australia’s first white inhabitants. Now, in Geraldton, we discovered a whole section of the local branch of the Museum of Western Australia which ...
Geraldton
Geraldton is the next city down the coast, and it was nice to get there to see some civilisation, although we didn't do much there. We found another campsite and had an evening in front of the TV watching news and crime programs (all there is on Aussie ...
Geraldton
... on the hottest day of the year so far so I promptly jumped straight into the sea and stayed there for a while. Geraldton is a excellent place for watersports lovers - plenty of differnt aspect beaches with varying sized reefs. We have kited at: sunset ...
Number 28
... We couldn't move fast enough to the Bacon and Egg sandwich stand. On our way home, we saw a mini riot in the streets of Geraldton which sent us laughing about mistaken youth and the boredom of a small town. I managed to climb up the wall to get into the ...

