Gorgeous gorges

Kalbarri was the next spot to be looked at. If you could not count up to twelve at the Apostles along the Great Oceanroad, W.A. pinched one and put him along their coast.
Then we drove to the gorges along the Murchison River, these were spectacular, even if we don't see anything else it was worth the trip.

A look out of Nature's Window.....

Now we are off to Monkey Mia and Denham.

travelling on

This is the sand dune at Lancelin.People go sand boarding and 4w driving -we passed on the offer of a sand board ride - too fast for me !

We drove through the Pinnacles . It looks like a moonscape with sandstone formations.It had been raining so the colours were brighter.

Some of the formations are several metres high

In Geraldton this memorial has been erected in memory of HMAS Sydney which went down in 1944 with the loss of hundreds of lives. Very impressive.

We are in Kalbarri now, a beautiful little town off the highway.This computer has accepted the photos so there was nothing wrong with my method .It's been storming along the coast but we're going just fine.

On the road again...

We have been trying to add photos but something is going wrong so I'll do it like this.
We left Mandurah and have spent a day at the sanddunes and had a look at the Pyrramides.
We're in Geraldton now. Hope this thing will work later.

Welcome Megan Skye -grandchild no 8

Megan Skye let us all wait till her due date to show her pretty face. She weighed just over 4 kg so she has a good start in life.We have stayed at David and Sara's to await the big event and as you can understand ,we're very thrilled that everything went well.
Aiden gave his little sister lovely kisses but we weren't quick enough to catch them.I suppose this shows how grownup he is, drinking from a glass. Sara is really well and Megan has already got the hang of feeding.
There is just nothing like the first hold of a grandchild !
Glenys,Sara's mum, was at the hospital at the same time as us.It looks like she might have got the first smile!

Mandurah

Mandurah Quays is a new development with beautiful views across the marina . Only for the wealthy if you want to live there but very nice for a walk.

The ocean beach is a short drive from David and Sara's. Aiden was frightened by the big waves.
Dave and Sara redid their garden last year and are enjoying it now.The kangaroo paws are giving an amazing show and really attracting the birds.
This is a photo of private jetties along the estuary. They have pulled old houses down and are trying to sell land for $900k for 1/8acre ! This really is a boom town.

Jack fruit at George's

Here we are at Sara's Dad, George's place. George and his wife Rosemary, both originally from the Seychelles, welcomed us into their home and put on a beautiful meal. As dessert we had a pavlova which doubled as birthday cake with candles to be blown out by Aiden and friend Xavier.
George grows his own tropical fruit in the backyard and he just harvested a Jack fruit, which had to be tried out (of course). With plenty of onlookers the fruit was cut to bite size and we all tucked in. Verdict ?? Very sweet flavour like a mixture of banana with mango, recommended !! and plenty of leftovers for the next dinner party.
The pips can be roasted, like you do with chestnuts. And hereby ends our epicure-section, Bon Appetit.

Father & son

Footprints in the sand at Mandurah-beach. Father David and son Aiden walking along the foreshore of the Indian Ocean.