Back on the road in WA

Newly released from a most pleasant three months virus enforced stay in paradise, we left Geraldton on Saturday 26 June to continue our winter sojourn in WA.  The hard border between WA and the rest of Australia is still closed and virtually the only registration of RVs we have seen so far are WA registrations.  But boy, the escapees from the Perth lockdown are all out on the road and we are told that people trying to book to get into caravan parks and national parks are being turned away.  Caravans, campers and motor homes, all WA owned, are out in force.

Our first scenic spot was the Pink Lake between Geraldton and Kalbarri.  The algae is the reason for the colour of the water.

The toilet blocks in national parks are often very imaginatively built using timber for a windshield instead of artificial material.  This is in the coastal section of Kalbarri NP.  It was quite attractive for a toilet.

The rugged and stunning WA coastline is very picturesque with jagged cliff faces everywhere.

Natural Bridge a remarkable coastal landform caused by the wind, waves and the salt spray.  The rocks are a combination of sandstone at the bottom to which million years of sand dunes being blown around and being converted to limestone has been added as the top layer.

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This is Island Rock which was once part of the shoreline but now stands as a solitary sea stack against the pounding ocean waves.

After leaving Kalbarri, we stayed at Wooramal Station campground, otherwise known as Wooremal River Retreat.

The campground is on the banks of the Wooramal River which flows under the ground and provides naturally heated therapeutic artesian bore water which has been put into pools for relaxation and enjoyment.  It reminded us of the wonderful Lara Wetland Camping Ground at Lara Station in Queensland, between the towns of Blackall and Barcaldine.  It too had the underground artesian springs and a very scenic pool in which to enjoy the warm water.