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Last night some backpackers staying nearby in the rest area were pretty rowdy but after Gadi yelled out, they quietened down.
This morning we headed into Carnarvon, with its fields of cultivated bananas, corn, grapes and other crops. This is so different to the dry red clay earth and clumps of salt bush we've gotten used to in outback WA. This region is well irrigated from underground water sources and provides much of the area's fruit, vegetable and meat produce. We drove around town, checking out the lovely palm fringed foreshore and the rusted tracks of the old One Mile Jetty with its cute pot shot steam train that still runs the length of the jetty taking tourists instead of goods. There is also an interesting volunteer-run museum on the railway history of the area.
We stocked up in Woollies before heading out along the road leading to the Blow Holes and Point Quobba, some 75km north.
First we drove alongside the farmlands, checking out more of the locally grown crops and stopping at a farm gate to buy juicy sweet papaya, black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit) and two 'ice creams' made only with frozen fruit and covered in chocolate - one mango and one strawberry. Yum!
Then we headed off, taking a turn off to check out a dirt road leading to the beach at Pelican Point Reserve. The road out was very long, but we eventually found the beach, more an isolated haven for fishing than swimming. Then we tried to take another turn off, which we thought was a short cut, but the road was very corrugated and bumpy and we eventually had to give up and drive back to the highway and go the long way round.
We eventually made it to Point Quobba and the blow holes in the late afternoon. We were treated to the amazing sight of huge jets of water squirting upwards from several pressure points. The sight and sounds were amazing. Gadi got close up (carefully as there are signs warning about king tides in the region) and took amazing photos and video of the blow holes blowing in all their glory, with a rainbow in the background for good luck!
Then we drove to the nearby campground at Point Quobba where you can camp right behind the sand dunes. Gadi was very happy to be given a discount as a 'senior', which at this place applies if you are over 55!
We drove to the far end of the campground, past some shanty-looking, dilapidated fishing shacks along a sandy track, past other caravans until we reached the end, where we found a great spot behind the dunes. We walked up the sand hill and over to the beach where we were once again treated to a magnificent sunset over the wild ocean. We sat on a picnic blanket with a glass of bubbles, enjoying the changing colours of the evening sky - rosy pinks, sparkly golds, bright oranges and deep reds. We never tire of watching the sun set, especially when it's a cloudy evening as the sun reflected on the clouds in a big sky is incredible.
Back inside our little home on wheels we cooked dinner and settled in to relax for the evening watching more Breaking Bad episodes.
Good night, sweet dreams - I have the rush of the ocean to lull me to sleep tonight xx
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