The last time we saw traffic lights was Darwin, 3168 miles ago, but Geraldton classes itself as a city, and although in the UK we would call it a town, it has enough traffic to justify traffic lights!.
Last night was stormy! We are sleeping on the driveway of a friend of a friend (the campervan just fits on the driveway with inches to spare on each side - so getting on and off the driveway is a bit hairy!). The campervan rocked like a boat in the night, less than 100km further south the radio reports some houses had their roofs blown off.
It remained windy all day today, but dry. We visited the Geraldton museum (free admission got anything to do with this decision???). It is absolutely excellent. There have been numerous ship wrecks off the coast as it is notoriously windy and stormy around here - and this section was particularly interesting.
After that a brief walk around the city centre (hold on to your hats), a quick shop, a quick fill up with diesel (felt like a complete bargain as it was more that 25% cheaper than some of the roadhouses in the outback!), then spent the afternoon sorting out the campervan so we can return it tomorrow.
Time for a quick walk on the windswept beach (the house we are utilising is literally on the beach), but the wind, chill and swell meant that any thoughts of swimming or lingering were far from our minds. Instead we encouraged the children to do some maths from the books we brought with us.
The plan is to leave tomorrow about 6am, drive for an hour or so, then get breakfast. We hope to visit a national park on the way down to Perth - but it will all depend on getting an early start.
As I write this it's blowing a gale outside - so another night at sea in a rocking campervan can be anticipated!
View from the sitting room of house in Geraldton
Beach outside house (windswept!)
Beach outside house
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