A big blue bus and other stories

From Perth the road leads north, meandering along WAs beautiful coral coast. Manning national park was our first stop. In this dry, sandy beautiful park are the Pinacles. It is not proven how the Pinacles were formed but it is thought that they were trees, covered in sand dunes and turned to lime stone. You can walk through what are fields of these rocks and they look magic.

Next on our list of to do was to have some western rock lobster at Cervantes. At the Lobster Shack we paid $30 for a small lobster and it was pretty good.






We arrived at our planned camp for the night just above eneabba. It was just a rest stop with loos on the side of the highway.

 Deciding if a camp is good, safe, mice free, flood proof, any free, possum free, a place of little wind where the highway lights will not shine in your eyes and a speeding truck will not side swipe you is a real skill. At this particular camp there was a big blue double decker bus towing a trailer! Amazing.

The safety of a campsite depends on its occupants. The owners of the said blue bus gave us a wave. You know the type of wave. It says "hi I'm not a serial killer I'm normal... See I wave." It is important to not only get this wave but to give it to other travelers so they know it's safe for them to camp there too. At this particular camp we ended up with 5 groups of travelers all getting and giving the special non serial killer wave. So all was safe.

The next day a stop for a swim at the beach at Geraldton and some sun baking on a pontoon. Geraldton reminded us of Broken Hill but with a beach. We were in desperate need of a shower so we soaped up on the beach and washed under the beach showers in our swimmers. There is no shame here people.

On to Ellen Pool which was beautiful and camping near Kalbarri was magic. A free camp with lots of people giving the non serial killer wave. It was by a river and had a picnic table and the night was clear and warm. Everything you want wen camping.



Tomorrow...snorkeling!