Port Gregory

 I didn't have far to drive today so I spent the morning at the Geraldton museum which was well worth visiting. They sure have a lot of shipwrecks around here and there were artifacts from three 17th & 18th century wrecks of Dutch East India Company boats along with the stories of the ships and their survivors. Many men were shipwrecked on the west australian coast at a time before any European settlement. There was also a 3D film exploring the wreck of HMAS Sydney which was sunk in WWII. As well there was a great landscape photography exhibit and stories and artifacts from different time periods. 

The nice information lady insisted I also visit the free art gallery to "see the spiders". I was glad I did as the exhibition by Colombian artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso was photography and videos of the Australian Maratus spiders which are tiny, only 5mm big but display fantastic colours you can't see with the naked eye. The blown up images are made of 800 layered photos. It was very interesting and I like coming across things I don't expect to see. 

From Perth to Geraldton was mostly bush apart from regular mines (mostly iron ore I think). Driving north this section has more crops and farmland and also more welcome bends in the road so the steering wheel gets some use. 

I drove to Port Gregory via Hutt Lagoon aka the Pink Lake. This is naturally pink due to the species of algae living there and its just fab to see. There is a nice path along the lake shore. I'm staying at Port Gregory caravan park, I have a little cabin with kitchenette. 

The pink lake is 10mins walk in one direction and an almost deserted beach is 10mins walk in the other. Port Gregory is tiny but does have a small shop which sold me hot chips. 

I've been promised warm seas as I get further north and the sea was warm for a nice paddle but no one was swimming. By the time I got the the beach there was a cold wind blowing inland and the seas were rough. A black cloud then appeared and it was just like the Yorkshire Coast! 





Pink Lake deserves a rare selfie 
Baby girl lake to the left and baby boy estuary to the right.
Beach at Port Gregory 


I finally caught a bit of a sunset though still thick clouds on the horizon 

Geraldton photos below....

This was salvaged from a shipwreck. The Dutch used the stones as ballast then planned to create this archway in the east indies. 
Above - pieces of silver from a shipwreck. Below are from the landscape photography exhibit 


Geraldton art museum in the sunshine 

Spiders - quite cute really



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