Geraldton


It rained all day today! Below are a couple of snapshots from the road, the sea view was on the rare occasion the rain stopped. The roads are very wide and straight with everlasting bushland off to the east. Petrol is expensive but on the other hand parking is plentiful and seems to always be free. 
By the time I reached the town of Dongara it was absolutely chucking it down so instead of exploring the walks, lookout points and beaches as I had planned I took my book and explored a lovely local coffee shop. Plenty of others were there with books and newspapers too so it was quite nice!

In Geraldton I visited the cathedral as it had a roof to keep the rain out. I can honestly say I’ve never seen a colour scheme in a cathedral quite like it! It is a small, catholic cathedral completed in the 1930’s.

Geraldton itself is the largest town on the coast north of Perth by quite some way. The town was settled by Europeans around 1850 and is a bit of a mishmash of styles but with some art deco buildings in there too. It eventually stopped raining in the afternoon and I could have a walk round before heading to my Airbnb (which is a lovely studio apartment). The drive to the apartment took longer than I thought as I ran into a “sunshine festival” parade which closed some roads. If I’d have know I would have parked up to watch the festivities. Let’s hope we all see some sunshine tomorrow! 


Typical view 


Art in a coffee shop - all I managed to see of Dongara.

Beach at Geraldton and some of the buildings below.




I like the government emblem


Aboriginal art celebrating the emu egg. When the emu (a dark patch in the milky way) appears in the sky then it is time to gather emu eggs. The first egg is made into a celebration cake.

Found this next to my apartment- ran from 1908 to 1949 and then was a crayfish canning factory.


 

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