Shot of Geraldton from the road above our house.
Our home in Glass Crescent. It is a very ordinary house but delightfully cool which in this climate is a great bonus. One can get quite hot after a walk to the beach and it is lovely coming back home to a cool house.
Andrew on the sand dunes followed by Maxi. She is not so keen on deep sand and we sometimes have to pick her up as she struggles along the dunes.
The vast distance between our friends back home and us is a big psychological barrier but being here at the coast is a big consolation. We intend to treat our stay here as a lovely beach holiday and enjoy what is on offer.
This is Back Beach, which is within walking distance of the house. It is a surfing beach rather than a swimming beach.
A lot of sea weed collects and we are told that there is a horrible creature called a sea hare or sea slug which is rather like a brown blob of jelly which hides in the sea weed. Not harmful to humans but poisonous to dogs if they lick or eat them as they have a toxic slime. We have not seen one so far.
Nikki swimming at Champion Beach which is a delightful small cove just off Town Beach which is in the centre of Geraldton. We have to drive there.
It remains to be seen how often we will feel like swimming during the Geraldton winter. Speaking to locals, opinions differ as to the temperature. Many locals find the water too cold then but they say people from the eastern states still find the water quite acceptable for dips.
A nicely tended garden in our street with lots of frangipanis.
A beautiful tree in another street on the way to Back Beach. It is our daily walk and I have always admired it without knowing what kind it is .
Another frangipani. I love these and I tried to grow them in Canberra but they are not fond of frost.
Not only is this playground deserted but thick tape surrounds it. The WA government is very strong on social isolation measures.
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