Perth to Geraldton

I’m starting my favourite road trip today: Perth to Broome. I got off to a slow start. The traffic going out of the city on the Gt Eastern Highway towards Midland was pretty heavy, and no better when we joined the Gt Northern Highway. Too many road trains and oversized loads!  Still, it was nice to see the signs for Hwy 1, on which you can travel all the way round Australia if you want.

Going north, there were many showers of rain, one after another, some extremely heavy. My car got a good clean at least. I stopped for a quick lunch at Regans Ford and stretched my legs eating a sandwich as I walked around the carpark. It’s always a pleasure to get the first sight of the sea approaching Geraldton, and even better to walk on the beach on arrival:

My hotel is the white building, top left.

Octopus.

Replica of the Batavia longboat which was wrecked off the Abrolhos Islands in 1629.

It turned into a lovely sunny late afternoon as I walked on the foreshore as far as the museum. Then it was time to pick up a take-away Mee Goreng from the Noodle Bar across the road, followed by an early night.