Day 2: Geraldton

We decided to stock up on food today for the next five weeks as we travel North because food shops become both more scarce and expensive. While filling the van it was confirmed that the two of us have become three (or more) as we have a resident mouse who has taken a liking to our chocolate, pasta, nuts and breakfast cereal. This is the time when we need Dave 'serial mouse killer' Warwick on the team! Instead, we have set traps and poison... This afternoon we had a personal guided tour at the Australian Meteorological Service just out of town. We saw both the traditional and modern way weather data is collected, the highlight being the release of a weather balloon that will travel up to 53 thousand feet collecting data. We then went back to both the maritime museum and the warship memorial before walking along the esplanade to see the docks, rare sea lions and sunset. We learnt about a Dutch ship that sank in the 1600's and part of the load were these ballast stones they were going to take to Jakarta to build a castle. We saw similar ones around Sri Lank and Malaysia. We also had time for a quick play in the park! Seriously we did, there is a great electronic game for two players.Read more