Geraldton museum
Shipwreck exhibition at the Geraldton museum.
St Francis Xavier Cathederal in Gerladton. Dunno about the candy-striped walls, but the leadlight and stained glass was truly beautiful.
The farmer's market, held in town every Saturday morning. We stocked up on silverbeet, carrots, cabbage (otherwise known as 'Eve's favourite vege that she can't live a day without'), herbs, honey, tomato relish and big gnarly spring onions.
One of Geraldton's landmark landscapes. This "Leaning Tree" can be sighted on posters and brochures around Gerladton. Maybe the good townspeople consider this to be their mascot.
We had a few brilliant days at Geraldton. Even got in some retail therapy - the first time since last year! There is a Spotlight store.... let's just say it was visited more than once during our 4 days here. Also bought a traditional Italian pizza for dinner one night, and on another night, ordered fishnchips to eat during soccer.
Internet here we come
Speaking of internet, now that we have the new internet aerial, our internet can be accessed about 75% of the time (compared to 25%). Telstra might say they cover 98% of Australia's population, but that's just it - it covers the population, NOT the area. There are vast expanses of land uncovered, and we can go many hundreds of kilometres without contact with the outside world. Anyway.... with better internet, and still little to no TV, we have splurged on a year's membership with Fox Sports ($69, bargain!) so we can watch EPL soccer games whenever we want! Brilliant; I'm looking forward to more pizza and beer nights.
Power! Solar power!
And so our internet is sorted as best as possible but that doesn't solve the fact that our batteries run low whenever we want to spend more than 10 days away from a caravan park. Well...... we did the obvious thing and had a 125W solar panel installed on the roof of the caravan! Yep, that's right; we are powered up baby!! Each day we use about 20amps of power (about 1/5 of a good quality battery); but the solar panel refills it, even if it's a cloudy day. The only things it doesn't like is shadows, but that hasn't been a problem so far. Endless afternoons can now be spent staring at the regulator and watching it click over ("Oh my god! It's adding 6.2 amps per hour! Now it's adding 6.5 amps per hour! Oh no, clouds.... now it's only 1.2 amps per hour!!" etc etc etc).
Greenough Historical Settlement
To sum up the info supplied in the National Trust brochure, the buildings of Greenough (near Geraldton) provide an example of colonial agricultural expansion. It thrived in the 1860s however drought, flood and poor wheat prices led the area to decline. Although most buildings fell into disrepair, the National Trust has, since the 1970s, put in efforts to prevent further deterioration.
Whilst at the settlement, one can enjoy a light meal, freshly prepared in the cafe. Jase supped on a large cottage pie, and I enjoyed a big bowl of smoked cod chowder. Together with a glass of wine each, and entry into the settlement, the day only cost us $50. Bargain!!
Here are some photos! We had a fantastic day!
Internet here we come
Speaking of internet, now that we have the new internet aerial, our internet can be accessed about 75% of the time (compared to 25%). Telstra might say they cover 98% of Australia's population, but that's just it - it covers the population, NOT the area. There are vast expanses of land uncovered, and we can go many hundreds of kilometres without contact with the outside world. Anyway.... with better internet, and still little to no TV, we have splurged on a year's membership with Fox Sports ($69, bargain!) so we can watch EPL soccer games whenever we want! Brilliant; I'm looking forward to more pizza and beer nights.
Power! Solar power!
And so our internet is sorted as best as possible but that doesn't solve the fact that our batteries run low whenever we want to spend more than 10 days away from a caravan park. Well...... we did the obvious thing and had a 125W solar panel installed on the roof of the caravan! Yep, that's right; we are powered up baby!! Each day we use about 20amps of power (about 1/5 of a good quality battery); but the solar panel refills it, even if it's a cloudy day. The only things it doesn't like is shadows, but that hasn't been a problem so far. Endless afternoons can now be spent staring at the regulator and watching it click over ("Oh my god! It's adding 6.2 amps per hour! Now it's adding 6.5 amps per hour! Oh no, clouds.... now it's only 1.2 amps per hour!!" etc etc etc).
Greenough Historical Settlement
To sum up the info supplied in the National Trust brochure, the buildings of Greenough (near Geraldton) provide an example of colonial agricultural expansion. It thrived in the 1860s however drought, flood and poor wheat prices led the area to decline. Although most buildings fell into disrepair, the National Trust has, since the 1970s, put in efforts to prevent further deterioration.
Whilst at the settlement, one can enjoy a light meal, freshly prepared in the cafe. Jase supped on a large cottage pie, and I enjoyed a big bowl of smoked cod chowder. Together with a glass of wine each, and entry into the settlement, the day only cost us $50. Bargain!!
Here are some photos! We had a fantastic day!
Order in the court!
Hahaha! Not many people wander thru outback Oz simply to stare at a regulator. The candy stripes are sort of like decorations found in Eastern European mosques, aren't they? Love the wildflowers - never seen anything like it. And you two in your black and white olde worlde photos! Just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAhahaha... all that history and natural beauty, and my favourite is Jase's subtle insult.
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