Blown Away At Geraldton

As we headed up the north coast away from Perth, we noticed that two things started to blow out. The cost of petrol was the first. Bloody hell. I wish the kombi came in a hybrid model. The other thing that was blown out was the weather. We had wondered why towns surrounding and including Geraldton kept raving on and on about the great wind surfing and kite surfing that they offered. That's because it's so windy that you can't do much else outdoors. Just have a look at what the trees looked like on the way into Geraldton.

Get my drift? But that's not to say that you shouldn't visit the region. Hold onto your hat and enjoy the great fishing, stock up on supplies at real supermarkets like Coles and Woolworths (because trust me, you won't be seeing one of these for a while if you continue up the coast...) and make sure you visit the HMAS Sydney memorial, that will undoubtedly be changed in the coming months in light of the discovery of the actual Sydney wreck off the Geraldton coast.

Yours in the great outdoors,

Odette