Internet access pretty spotty lately! Will try and catch up...text for now..photos later...
Margaret pointed out that I made a terrible error with the Browns....of course they beat the Super Bowl champs, not the hapless Jets....RR had forgotten to edit that blog!
Up at 5:30. Misty and dripping. We drove to Meanarra Hill in the Park and birded as it gradually cleared. Returned to town and walked down to the river mouth where it was lovely and sunny and too early for the flies to be out. Back to our apartment and in the spirit of cleaning out the frig, cooked up onions, green pepper, ham, cheese and eggs. Cleaned the kitchen and packed the car and we were off at ten.
We drove east through the Park stopping to bird and walk down to the river at Ross Graham Overlook and reached Rt 1 and headed south. Passed through the old town of Northampton where during October the townspeople drape their quilts over the town hall to air them out after the winter. Unfortunately it is scheduled for this Saturday and we can’t wait for this bizarre sight. Headed through Geraldton and stopped for lunch at Greenough, a pretty reconstructed 19th century village, which we didn’t have time to more than glance at, but did have lunch. Mark consumed an enormous cottage pie and we had soup.
Mark misplaced his precious ipod car radio player which allows us to hear tons of wonderful music, NPR shows, and all the Australian bird calls while we drive. He tore apart the back of the car until Bob spotted it lying next to the front seat where M had been almost sitting on it. We continued on south, leaving the main highway and the road trains for an almost deserted beach highway that cuts through miles of low scrub and brilliant white dunes and tiny beach towns. Amazing that so much beautiful coastline can still be undeveloped.
We reached the town of Cervantes and managed to rent another Best Western apartment, and Mark was able to cancel his dorm room that he had reserved in another hotel.
We immediately set out for the famous Pinnacles N P nearby as the sun had an hour until setting. Drove through more scrub until suddenly we were in the open, with a bright yellow sand floor and thousands of limestone columns 1 - 4 meters high filling the landscape for many acres. We were hoping for the setting sun to illuminate them and it did a bit but there were lots of clouds on the horizon. Even so, it was a truly other-worldly sight and reminded me of some scene in “Babar” Really wonderful!
It was getting dark so we returned, and spotted a lovely reddish Tammar Wallaby (2-3‘ high ‘roo) standing by the side of the road.
Home for cubas, computers and some chicken risotto, and bed.
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