Fri, 13th Oct, 2017 Curara Farm Bush Camp, 18km N of Mullewa to Geraldton 24hr RV Reststop, WA

7am 27 degrees, clear sky and gusty wind. Sunrise is getting earlier each day which means the van warms up quickly which is nice. Black Friday but we hoping it will be a good day rather than bad.

Packed up and on the road back through Mullewa – the cat was off the pole.

Headed west to Geraldton. Across the Greenough River – not looking to exciting at the moment but it can flow well in the wet.

Turned off into a dirt track up to Bringo Hill Lookout – good camp spot but not a great lookout really. Good view across the fields to Geraldton and the Indian Ocean. Zoomed in on the grain silos.

Through Geraldton to the Esplanade where they have allocated some bays for overnighting for self-contained RVs beside the car and trailer parks near the boatramp. There is also parks for campervan/backpackers. Don’t know how they qualify for self-contained though!! We got a spot and set up for the night.

Rang Erica to see how she was going – slowly improving. Walked up to the Info Centre for maps of the town. A bit of information on Geraldton’s railway history.

Beautiful big fig tree beside the Info Centre.

Walked down to Town Beach past a great playground area.

Looks inviting.

We then headed off to do our shopping etc. Packed everything away then headed down the new Esplanade Precinct. Didn’t notice that the sun had set – mustn’t have been a good sunset. Lots of info boards along the way.

Looking back to the shore.

Glad we wore our flannies – bit chilly out here. The new viewing platform.

Looked through the binoculars but no sea lions – only lots of birds and one fisherman.

View over port area then over the Geraldton foreshore.

Across to the other side of the point where there was a wind-up speaker that told of bringing in the ships using tugboats etc. The railway line comes out here too as they fill the wagons.

Getting a bit dark for these info boards.

Back to the van for dinner – lots of fresh vegies that we haven’t been able to get in the goldfields. Noisy here with the loading of the ships but it is free so we aren’t complaining. All the bays are full now.