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Carnarvon Slideshow
Carnarvon
Travel Blogs from Carnarvon, Australia
Day 11 - Monkey Mia to Carnarvon
... metres thick, and also millions of flies - also felt about 5 metres thick! Stopped for petrol then headed straight to Carnarvon on long straight and pretty boring roads! Carnarvon is okay - not much to write about really, ...
Sonntags in Carnarvon
... an, sodass wir ins Auto fluechten. Wir beschliessen jetzt einen Campingplatz aufzusuchen und spaeter vielleicht joggen zu gehen. Der Carnarvon Caravan Park ist der guenstigste und wird fuer gut befunden. Wir bekommen einen Platz zugewiesen und neben uns ...
Exploring the Side Gorges
Again we traversed the main track of the gorge but not as far this time. Today the plan was to do the rest of the sidetracks that we ran out of time to do yesterday & were too tired to do. There were a few complaints from the Bradley who had ...
Sun, Sea and blowholes!
We hit Carnarvon at about 9am and stocked up on supplies at Woolworth's. Then it was onto to the Quobba blowholes. The blowholes are rock formations beside the sea which blow water into the air as the tide comes in and out. Unfortunately it wasn't high ...
Great place in the bush
Leaving the Coast to drive inland towards the Australian outback to Carnarvon National Park. A gorge with numerous hiking trails not too many tourist end up at as it is a bit difficult to get to, especially without your own transportation. We stayed at ...
Getting organised for going off-road
... a memorial and major displays at their museum even though the German sailors who managed to escape landed their life raft at the Carnarvon coast). This really opened my eyes to other aspects of Carnarvon's history that I had no idea ...
#40 the dash!
... ! 28/10/09-01/11/09 carnarvon After our time in the Wild West we settle in for a few days of comparative luxury in little Carnarvon town. It's still quite windy and at times quite cool. When we checked in they said "you must have come from the north" in ...
Day 70-73 Carnarvon - "6 ft, 7 ft, 8 ft bunch"
... society was working hard to maintain it - a big task considering it's length. A visit to the Blowholes north of Carnarvon was definitely worthwhile. Not only was the blowhole blowing magnificently, there were heaps of whales out to sea. Some close to ...
Aboriginal art
Once again, this cliff face had artwork on it thousands of years old.I wonder how these remote places were found by wandering tribes. No doubt drawn to them by their peaceful but strong presence. It's hard to imagine people trudging through thick ...
One Mile Jetty
After leaving Denham we stopped at shell beach, comprising of countless millions of tiny shells. The shell build up is 8-9 metres and is one of the crystal clearest waters we have swum in. The shells are mined and they were even in the van park ...
DAY 92 - FRIDAY 24th SEPTEMBER – CARNARVON
... were Flame Seedless grapes and watermelons. They also grew bananas, mangoes and veggies just to be used in producing their wares. Although Carnarvon is known for growing bananas they actually only grow 12% of the market. Most are in QLD and northern NSW. ...
I get a lift.
... take me with him until we find a Bike shop in Carnarvon. He was so lovely and explain the history from The north west part of Australia. His son was also a passionate cyclist. I get a new Tyre and extra thick tubes, one for spare. Now it don't can happens ...
Visiting and getting ready for Coral Bay
Visited the Jetty Visite musee de la Jetee Went diving at Quoba Point and visited the blowholes Plongee dans le lagon de Quoba Point et la mer a travers les ...
Our own jumping castle!
In Canarvon the girls were most impresssed with the jumping castle including giant slide at the campground. They also enjoyed visiting a banana/mango plantation and feasting on chocolate coated strawberries. Mum didn't mind this either! Amy had a ...
Nature's Window
... . Wir fühlten uns umhüllt von einer entspannenden Monotonie und der weite Horizont wirkte einladend. Carnarvon scheint zurzeit eine einzige Baustelle zu sein. Im Zentrum wurde der Strassenbelag komplett entfernt und es war kein ...
Sometimes it pays to listen to the locals
... reasonable" prices. It was also a good opportunity to get some work done on the car in readiness for heading up further north. Carnarvon is still in recovery mode from the Christmas floods and locust plague. We actually asked if they were hit by a ...
Isch bin die Dorfmatratzö!
Unser neuer Boss ist eindeutig der beste, den wir bis jetzt hatten und wahrscheinlich je haben werden. Er ist immer nett, hat gute Laune und vor allem lässt er uns den ganzen Tag in Ruhe. Während wir die bananas trashen, erntet er die Stauden. ...
Carnarvon and the iconic 1 mile jetty.
G’day all, hope this Blog finds you all happy and healthy. We have left Monkey Mia and stop a few times and arrived at Carnarvon around lunchtime. We have picked out the Big 4 Plantation Park and it’s not a bad park. After we finish setting ...
Back Again
... etc. Exhausting ourselves like we were on a time schedule… then on the 2nd night we both agreed that an extra night in Carnarvon would be a great idea. My business partner Leanne was also pleased she had me online for an extra night! One of our ...
Dolphins & pensioners
... – loads of Sharks in Sea at Shark Bay – Stromatolites (Not too interesting but nice cup of tea!! – off to Carnarvon (Road to Coral Bay flooded) & arrive at Wintersun Caravan Park. Thousands of bugs & old people here – out ...
Eine Nacht im Hostel
Es ist 22.30 Uhr und ich gehe ins Bett. Das Fenster ist offen, denn mein Zimmermitbewohner riecht nicht gut. Draußen vor dem Fenster ist die Klimaanlage, die in regelmäßigen Abständen anspringt und das Einschlafen auch nicht leichter macht. Durchs ...
Another Jurrasic scene
The meandering creek, giant rocks, trailing vines, luminous, green moss, huge tree roots strangling boulders beneath, precipitous cliffs and colours of moss and red dirt made this place a time trip. ...
Goodbye Warroora, Hello Carnarvon
... damage from the earlier flooding is still blatently evident and talking to some of the locals the community has still not recovered, Carnarvon got hit with flooding around the same time as Queensland did. Flood damage aside Carnarvon is a nice town and ...
Carnarvon Stop-over
... . We took the opportunity to see the west coast's answer to Kiama's Blowhole. These are found at Quobba, a little place north of Carnarvon. Who wins the Blowhole stakes? Look at the photos and we'll let you be the judge! Remember the car had been ...
CARNARVON GORGE
...two days in amazing Carnarvon National Park this time CARNARVON GORGE, about 720 km by road north-west of ...