Carnarvon
On the way to Coral Bay and Exmouth / Ningaloo we were
feeling a bit like we were going fairly hard and a slowdown would be good. The
kids had school work to catch up on and their journals needed work and we
needed to do some shopping.
We stopped in Carnarvon. Should have known better really as
the road signs on the highway direct you to the main route into Carnarvon –
which is a closed road with a big detour sign up…..that points to nowhere. Everyone was pulling in and
looking at each other as we tried to negotiate the U-turn. Should have kept driving once we were back
out on the highway, but we didn’t. What
a dreary place. The main street and the foreshore were being upgraded – major
works, but why would you do this during your peak tourist season? Everything
was unkempt and plain ugly.
It’s a pity really, because with such a big fishing
industry, an amazing river that flows underground for most of the year and the state’s
largest fruit and veg growing regions it could be really nice.
Anyway, all the jobs got done and the kids had a swim in the
pool. Movin’ on.
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