The whole family had a bit of a sleep-in this morning - it was 9:30 by the time we drove out of the caravan park. As we went past the fishing fleet moored off the foreshore in Cervantes we remembered that the other attraction of the area is Rock Lobster. The onshore plant processes the Rock Lobster and exports predominately to Japan where this product fetches a premium price.
We continued along the Indian Ocean Drive which was only recently sealed between Cervantes and Gerladton. Tomorrow is the start of a long weekend in WA (Founders Day) and a lot of people from Perth are on the move North. That's why we encountered a large number of slow (90km/h) caravaners - I think fuel efficiency is the reason for their slow speed.
We made a brief de-watering stop in Dongara and visited the Bakery before moving onto Geraldton were we arrived around lunch time. We drove through Geraldton to the northern outskirts where we checked into Sunset Beach caravan park. This park is right on the Indian Ocean, just behind a sand dune. The temperature today was 22DegC and we are in shorts and T-Shirt - I think we have finally left the colder weather behind us, I haven't been in long trousers since we left Esperance and the weather forecast is 20-25 every day.
By the time we had our caravan set up with awning and table outside and had our lunch it was early afternoon and I spent some time with my uni text books to get ready for next week's exam.
I did ring up to find out about fishing charters but there are none available out of Geraldton - looks like we have to find our own spot and have a go.
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