Kalbarri Cliffs

There were showers in the morning and evening but sunny in between.
Having checked out of the motel, I drove to Kalbarri Cliff lookouts in the National Park. There was Red Bluff, Natural Bridge and Cove, and a boardwalk to the Island Rock with lots of spring flowers on the cliffs.
I stayed on the coast road to go past Pink Lake and on to Northampton which was back on the Coastal Highway. The scenery had changed to green rolling hills with sheep farms, yellow rape-seed fields and windmills; no more long straight roads.
I stopped at an old hotel in Northampton for a snack lunch. The town was founded in 1864, an indication of how young Australia is.
I drove down Chapman Road, past Chapman Pets with Chapman valley nearby; must remember to check who this Chapman was.
There were regular overtaking lanes on the single-lane highway as the amount of traffic gradually increased, especially around Geraldton which was the largest town I'd seen since South Hedland and Port Hedland with speed cameras and traffic lights along the highway.Read more