New Norcia to Ellendale Pools

This bird at the Jurien Bay Jetty.......

I think a Shearwater, looks in trouble with fishing line caught around legs!

 Sand boarding on the sand dunes near Jurien Bay

 The Pinnacles Nambung NP WA

 A handsome Pinnacle

 Look!.........another interesting, handsome pinnacle

 At Lake Thetis Nambung NP WA......

living microbial communities known as blister mats and stromatolites.

Apparently these stromatolites have been growing for about 3,500 years

Jurien Bay Jetty 

 Leeman Foreshore 

 Sunset at Cliff Head North.......in the distance out at sea, I think some sort of rig

is lit up and look hard and find the evening star in the night sky!

 Port Denison

 Fishermans Lookout Port Denison WA 

Obilesk.....one of two still remaining built in 1867

 Beautiful tree lined main street of Dongara WA

Old Flour Mill.......Dongara WA

Surfers at Flat Rocks Beach.....WA premier surfing beach

where surfing titles are held during the summer

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CENTRAL GREENOUGH HISTORIC SETTLEMENT............   

 How cute......a young Lama

 Greenough Convent..........

This convent was occupied by the following Religious Orders

Dominican Sisters 1899 - 1901

Presentation Sisters 1902 - 1958

Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Brown Josephites) taught school on the back flats 1888 - 1889 

 Turn of the century photo of the Greenough Convent

 St Peter's Catholic Church.....built 1908. This church is still used by the local community and replaced the original church built 1888 which was destroyed by flood. 

 St Catherine's Anglican Church......built 1913. This church is also still used by the local community. An earlier was built in 1892 but was destroyed.

 Alinta Windfarm at Walkabout.

This wind farm is the largest in Australia with 54 turbines.

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ELLENDALE POOLS.................

This picturesque camp spot just south west of Geraldton was the perfect spot to spend a few days.

We met lovely people, particularly a lovely young couple David and Bhavani and their two children Jasmine and Isabel.

 The head of the Greenough River at Ellendale Pools

 Our camp spot at Ellendale Pools

 The beautiful limestone cliff and natural fresh water

Almost nightfall..........the ever changing beauty of the limestone cliff