Carnarvon

Bye bye Tamala

We arrived in Carnarvon on Sunday 14th and have been staying at the BIG 4 Caravan Park. The girls love it because there have been plenty of nice kids to hang out with. There's also a jumpy castle, play ground and swimming pool (although much too cold to swim right now).
I did 12 loads of washing - so glad we have our own machine. It costs $5/load & $5/dryer if you use the park facilities. The park provide a free sausage sizzle and prizes every Thursday for their guests. A nice touch and a great opportunity to socialise.

The weather here has been nice, although mild. Not as hot as I expected. Went to the local PCYC to find out activities for the children and we went roller skating. So different to Perth. You can skate in any direction. Scooters and skate boards acceptable. But it was organised chaos with a local police officer present.

 

Rosie and Angie with officer "Christie" after issuing the girls with infringements for speed skating (LOL)

We visited the  "Carnarvon Space and Technology Centre". That was very interesting. The OTC dish is huge. Well it was for it's time. Built in 1966 by NASA it cost 3 million dollars to build with the station being completed within 12 months. It played a very important part in the "Apollo" missions.

Note the car next to the dish

 

Tomorrow we are heading to Point Quobba to check out the blow holes, then onto Ningaloo where we'll spend 6 weeks camped on the beach with a group of friends.

Paul has recently embedded the following "YouTube" links in previous blogs, but if you haven't seen them, here they are:-
 

http://youtu.be/99Z9QkKNb54

http://youtu.be/BZ3Ja3uxjqo

http://youtu.be/LFtOlTKIEfg