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Carnarvon Slideshow
Carnarvon
Travel Blogs from Carnarvon, Australia
Carnarvon
... was metres thick. There must have been billions of shells. Horseshoes would have been even more amazing. We drove to Carnarvon today through more millions of wild flowers. Nothing in this country comes in small numbers. Weather fantastic so we just ...
Blow Holes!
Stopped off at Quobba on our way to Coral Bay from Exmouth. Quobba is famous for it's blowholes. Awesome sight, awesome sounds, scary ...
Fingers crossed
Hi all, sorry I haven't written for so long. Things have been really busy and the internet is a bit intermittent (as is the pile of people you have to climb over to get to a computer here !). Life is bowling along - the time is virtually whizzing ...
From one van park to the next...
... desired but we’re used to all that at this stage! We swapped over driving and continued onto Carnarvon where once again they had huge signs on the way into town prohibiting camping or staying overnight in vehicles anywhere in the ...
Dead roo...
... . The car seems to be fine, but there is a bit of a pungent smell under the car now - time to hit a carwash methinks! Carnarvon is famous for its plantations, and we managed to drive past quite a few, finally stopping at one and buying fresh fruit and ...
Forever Young.
... an average of 100kms per day and sleeps at roadside stops and roadhouses. Douglas Knowles heads off from Carnarvon on July 14 heading clockwise around Australia and is intending to take 10 months this time, he expects to be in Torquay in January ...
Day 121-128 Carnarvon-Quobba Pt
... 's second youngest) joined us for drinks whilst Jason and Kobe went for a fish. The rest of the Miltons headed back to Carnarvon, they are returning for a long weekend tomorrow and will stay with The Stanford's who are set up at Quobba Station about 8km ...
Carnarvon
... received its first satellite television broadcast. The station closed after assisting in tracking Halley's Comet in 1987. Apparently Carnarvon supplies 70% of WA's winter vegetable requirements, producing over 30,000 tones of fruit and vegetables every ...
The weekend at last
A quick week has flown in and the tax is well and truly underway. When Dayne finishes work we head into town for a bit of shopping and decide whether we are going out camping for the weekend or staying in our bunk. We end up opting for the ...
A half lunar eclispe and a bag of fish and chips
What a lovely snuggle we had this morning. A lazy day follows and Dayne and I sit outside discussing my family for a good hour in the sunshine whilst Dayne phaffs with his toenails. I tell him about my crazy grandma, my mum and auntie Les and of course ...
Aaaaargh the flies
The last week, the last Monday... Dayne is at work and I crack on with my blog, fending off the many flies littering the room every five seconds!! After work we head into town for some curry munch and fill ourselves up. Bedtime is ...
Tombstones @ Gnaraloo
Quobba Blowholes were sweet, we sat there for hours and while we were there a pod of dolphins swam through. This stretch of coast must be some of the most rugged in the world! The raw ferocity of the open ocean. ...
Happy Xmas and New Year once more
... all that done in time for Xmas and the festivities kicked off with a Party at 'The Old Post Office' - a restaurant in Carnarvon owned by a freinds and regular Gnaraloo visitor, Deano and Kerryn. A swinging night round their new pool with sangria and ...
We made it to week 2
Considering we were adament we were escaping last week, we're not going too bad still being here!! The end is now in sight and the craziness has become almost normality...is that worrying?? I spend the day relaxing. Stan has his car back so has been out ...
Wallabies!
... weather wasn't on our side anymore and some of the grey nomads (the retired Baby-Boom generation discovering Australia in Campers) told us that Carnarvon Nationalpark was great landscapes and hiking we decided to spend some time there, trekking. And it ...
No where to stay
We left Denham today heading for Bush Bay near Carnarvon.... But weren't able to get in to the camp grounds around there because of the rain over the last few days.... And we ALL know we aren’t gonna risk taking some dirt roads that turn to slush ...
Spacer po 1,3km molo
Nareszcie jakies „wieksze" miasto. Moglismy zrobic zakupy (jedzenia i piwa), potem przejechalismy sie dookola glownej ulicy, az wreszcie dotarlismy do molo. Nooo, to bylo to. Nie byle jaki pomoscik, ale zbudowany w 1897 roku drewniany pomost ...
Back in (the) black ...
... to $4.50 in some places and throwing some out as they are inedible, so this place is paradise. I never thought I’d mention Carnarvon and paradise in the same sentence, as my last experience of the place was quite different. It’s hard to tell ...
Can I Have One?
We followed the Gascoyne food trail and collected some fresh produce to add to our supplies. As refridgeration was not a strong point of Wicko's we were limited to purchasing one of each item. We felt a little silly asking for so little ...
Mieszkamy przy plantacji mango, ale nie owocuja
Rano wybralismy sie po przynete (wczoraj cala zeszla, take bylo szalenstwo), a potem ponioslo nas zobaczyc ogromny talerz do komunikacji z satelita. Juz nieczynny ale swoja wielkoscia robi calkiem niezle wrazenie. Potem pojechalismy na plantacje bananow ...
Western Australia
... it slams against the coast, you would choose somewhere else to fish! The area is also home to the 'King Waves!' Leaving Carnarvon there was evidence of some 'slight' flooding on the roads, luckily noce were severe enough to be closed....the result of ...
Bush Bay
33 km vor Carnarvon gibt es 2 Gratiscampings. Wir haben uns fuer den Bush-Bay Camping entschieden und teilten den Platz mit 3 anderen Parteien. Wir, und 100 m weiter weg die Naechsten und so weiter. Wir stellten den Camper ca. 10 m vom Wasser entfernt ...
Coral Bay to Carnavon
... centre. We then set off for much shorter walk along '1 mile jetty'(which used to be one of the longest in western Australia however the week before we arrived it had been partially burnt down in an arson attack). This was built in 1897 to facilitate the ...
Norwesta Park
Pulled into the Norwesta Caravan Park about 9.30 am a basic park which is in the CMCA network. According to the tourist brochures there is a bit to do and see here, but our experience with tourist brochures means that it is normally the opposite so we ...
Aboriginal Land
After the night in Emerald and a long drive I arrived at Carnavon Gorge feeling rubbish but upon pulling up to the campsite a Roo bounced passed. The first wild Roo I had seen it cheered me up. Carnavon Gorge was an amazing place with some aboriginal ...
Anno nuovo, stessa vita
... doccia, acqua corrente, elettricita' e cesso per una settimana. Dopo averci divorato altri cinquecento chilometri, siamo arrivati a Carnarvon: sull'atlante sembrerebbe una citta' degna di nota, ma ormai ho imparato che e' semplicemente un'illusione data ...
Exmouth and Coral Bay
... changed for agricultural one and instead of sand and preria we could see farms and plantations. Before night we arrived in Carnarvon. WERSJA POLSKA Pierwszy etap drogi do Exmounth zrobiliśmy wcześnie, lecz zaraz słońce ...
Wildlife Safari
Finally, after weeks of seeing nothing, we get to see some real, live, wild life, not only emus!! On our way out of Kalbarri, we stopped off at the National Park gorge for a 6k detour. It was about 8.30 in the morning so as usual we had the place to ...