Chapman Valley to Galena Bridge on the Murchison River

We left our camp site at Fig Tree Crossing and continued north through farming areas and onto Northampton, one of the oldest settlements outside Perth, declared a town site in 1864. One of the main attractions is the beautiful Our Lady in Ara Coeli Catholic Church built in 1936 and next door, the Sacred Heart Convent built in 1919 , both designed by Monsignor John Dawes, (renowned for his architecture). Continuing north along the coast we visited the quaint coastal town of Horrocks and then Lynton, a convict settlement. Not far from Lynton we arrived in Port Gregory where we again viewed a 'Pink Lake'. We then travelled onto the Principality of Hutt River to visit Prince Leonard and Princess Shirley Casley. Interesting history about how the 'Principality Came to Be'. The Territory was seceded on 21 April 1970. For many years the Casleys had consistently cropped 13,000 acres of wheat yearly. When the WA Government brought in Wheat Quotas in 1969, they gave the Casleys a quota of equivalent to 100 acres. The quotas were given in 1969 for that year, after the crops had been grown: the Casleys had thousands of acres of wheat and so a protest began! If interested I'm sure their web site, (which I haven't read but will do so), would be very informative. The web site is www.principality-hutt-river.com We stayed overnight at the Principality of Hutt River and next day travelled 58klms to a camp site on the banks of the Murchison River and then we will travel out to Kalbarri and the Kalbarri National Park where we will spend five nights.