WA (Part 2)...

OK, so after Dongara we headed north to Geraldton. A boring name but a lovely place. It's yet another port town (you may see a bit of a pattern forming here) but lovely nonetheless. The highlight of Geralton is the HMAS Sydney II memorial, built in honour of the 645 sailors who died after the sinking of the ship during World War II. A lovely lady called Di showed us round. Here it is:

Other cool stuff in Geraldton includes the gloriously O.T.T. St Francis Xavier church, a massive cathedral that looks slightly out of place in a small town, especially with it's gaudy orange-striped interior, but cool nonetheless:

After a couple of days in Geraldton, it was time to swing the car back round and head back to Perth. On the way back we found this really impressive tree, bent over by the ravages on living in WA but still very much alive:

We're both really glad we made the trip over to WA, it really is a long way from anywhere with lots of wide-open, but beautiful, nothingness. You feel like you have the entire place to yourself, which is so different to most the places we've been so far. Next stop is the hustle-and-bustle of the east coast, and the adventure capital of North Queensland, Cairns. More soon.

-Si