Posted on 07 September 2025
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Mum Today was Father's Day. Sadly it was a travelling day so John couldn't have a
sleep in. But he did wake to cards and hugs from the kids so not a bad trade
off.
We headed south once again and into the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. Our first
stop (and lunch) was at the Hamelin Pools. Unfortunately we got here just as a
rain shower blew through so did not get out to have a look. We did learn that as
it was also high tide we would not have been able to see much anyways since the
boardwalk was damaged during a cyclone that came through a few years ago. We
hope to drop in again in a few days when the tides are lower.
By mid-afternoon we arrived at the Blue Dolphin Caravan Park and Holiday Village
in Denham. Olivia and I went for a walk through town before we had homemade
pizzas for Father's Day dinner.
Posted on 06 September 2025
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Mum Today the sun was back out first thing in the morning. The kids and I headed to
the local Saturday market in the town centre. We had a look at the crafts
stalls, picked up some fruit and veg from the local farms, and had mini pancakes
between rain showers.
Once back at the caravan park we picked up John and headed to the Carnarvon
Space & Technology Museum. The site had several of the old dishes and radars
used for tracking during the Apollo moon landings. Part of the museum covered
the history of the Base Station through the Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab eras
before it was shut down in the mid-1970s. The kids favourite part of the museum
was the hands on science room. Here there were several simulation activities
from landing a space shuttle on a runway to docking with the international space
station. There was a green screen to "take" photos of yourself on the moon, a
science quiz to do, and a vending machine where you could pretend to buy various
foods to have in space and learn the pro and cons of those foods (chips = too
many crumbs; baked beans = good that they stick to your spoon but makes you too
gassy; lollies = can spill and bounce around hitting you in the head while
trying to sleep). Finally near the back there were four old Atari games to play
- John and Theo kept trading the top score on Gallaxia.
Posted on 05 September 2025
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Mum Today we packed up, did a bit of souvenir shopping and said goodbye to Coral
Bay. We continued our southern journey leaving the Ningaloo Coast for the last
time and arriving in Carnarvon just before the rain started - our first rain
since Kakadu. The winds that came with the rain are definitely the strongest
that we have encountered this trip. We hunkered down for the afternoon at the
Discovery Park Carnarvon for a bit of down time.
