It's Pink... colourful Geraldton

We debated whether we would leave Kalbarri or wait and see if the wind would ease, but as we had already booked for Geraldton we headed off. On the way we passed by Gregory with its pink lake (called Hutt Lagoon). It most definitely is pink, like strawberry milk, although it shows up better with blue skies and sunshine. The pink is caused by a salt loving bacteria and an algae that produces a red pigment. It was nice to see some farmland with green wheat crops and the brilliant yellow of flowering canola crops.

Spent a couple of nights at Geraldton. Even though it is quite a large place, there isn't any real tourism drawcards and I think we saw most of them for the time we were there. These included;
Memorial to HMAS Sydney II - this was the ship that was sunk by the German ship Kormoran (which was disguised as a merchant ship), off Carnarvon. Quite impressive dome structure with 645 seagulls representing the number of sailors that perished.
St Francis Xavier Cathedral - designed about 100 years ago by the priest Monsignor Hawes, a rather striking if somewhat unusual interior.
Horizon Ball - a novelty art sculpture like a huge crystal ball, very popular at sunset (we didn't get there at sunset)
Point Moore lighthouse and a nice marina foreshore area which has been developed into a nice recreation area with quite a few points of interest, some included in the photos.

One thing that Geraldton has that we haven't seen since May is an Aldi - none in most of SA, NT and the top half of WA. It was good to get an Aldi fix.Read more