Carnarvon Stop-over
Trip Start
Sep 22, 2008
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Trip End
Feb 01, 2009
Carnarvon,
Western Australia,
Australia
Monday, November 10, 2008
The historic jetty is one mile long, as the tidal flats are extremely shallow. Unfortunately part of it was destroyed by arsonists last year, but the very active historical society has secured funding to repair the damage. Jarrah from the south west of the state will be sent up so that the restoration is as authentic as possible.
Carnarvon is now known as the fruit bowl for WA. It was wonderful having some fresh produce at reasonable prices again. The bananas were the nicest we've ever tasted.
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 towed to Carnarvon due to a diagnosed fuel pump problem? Well, we wandered in to the Nissan service centre, to be told that the fuel filter was the only thing that needed to be replaced. (We didn't tell you that the road side assistance guy also has the tow contract up at Exmouth... He got a $1750 tow for something that Keith could have fixed!!)
The Nissan service guy shook his head and told us of another person who ended up being $5000 out of pocket at the hands of the "mechanics" in Exmouth. This poor bloke was not insured. They'd diagnosed a fuel problem and it ended up being an alternator!
So, with the car running better than a new one, we continued down the coast.
