After lunch we drove to the Geraldton University Centre where I commenced my exam at 1pm. The rest of the family went to the supermarket to replenish supplies.
The exam was all done by 3:15pm and the family rewarded me with a Custard-Almond-Scroll when they came to pick me up. This delicious scroll was a very welcome sugar boost after all this hard exam work.
I think I did quite well in the exam as they asked all the right questions, the ones that I had studied!
After all this exam and learning stress over the last few days I was ready for some retail therapy - bloke's style - at BCF! (That's Boating-Camping-Fishing for non Australian readers)
The Geraldton BCF store is huge and has a very big fishing section. Most of the fishing gear is many sizes bigger than what we're used to. I have never before seen a soft plastic lure that's a foot long!
We actually went into BCF to get a fishing rod for Andrea but, after seeing all those shiny bits I suddenly found a lot of stuff that will improve my catch rate. All we need to do now is find some fish and make sure they also know that we've got all this gear!
Our last activity in Geraldton was fuelling up at the only Safeway Servo within a few hundred km's. This is the place which all travellers seek out to refill their Jerry Can's and various other fuel containers. Some of the things we observed would horrify any OH&S conscious person.
Now that we have spent a few days in Geraldton I have to say that it's just another town with all the typical town problems of vandalism, theft and other issues that arise wherever there is a high concentration of people. I much prefer the smaller, out-of-the-way places which don't have the services and shops but also don't suffer the associated problems.
Back at the caravan we started the packing process to cut down on work required tomorrow morning. The caravan park in Kalbarri is booked and the temperature there is little bit warmer than Geraldton.
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