Carnarvon and the blowhole

Carnarvon

When we headed off this morning we had intended to go to Quobba homestead with Mum and Peter, but after much discussion on the way, we decided that we need to get some much needed to supplies and make some important calls, and we doubted Quobba would have phone or internet access, so we went into Carnarvon.  The wind was still up today, so Andy and I are both feeling a little disappointed with this coast to date, and we have had jumpers on today, not at all what we signed up for.

We checked in at Wintersun Caravan Park, it seemed to be the one to go too, if the queue out the front was anything to go by.  Andy only checked us in with 1 child, so poor charlotte needed to duck down in the back seat as we drove in.  The kids were very impressed to see the park, and after lunch were off like a shot to have some fun.  Andy and I spent the afternoon making calls and catching up on bills and necessarily boring stuff, or not so boring, BUYING ME A CAR!!  Then we headed into the town of Carnarvon for shopping so we could feed the kids some dinner. It was a much cooler tonight, I think the nights of sitting outside may sadly be over, but we did have TV service, so it was nice just to watch the idiot box for a night.

Today we got up and decided to head out towards Quobba to see the blow hole, who should we see along the way but Mum and Peter, apparently Quobba Homestead was not what all it was cracked up to be and they decided to leave to head for Denham.  Andy and I were secretly glad we had made the right decision.  After a quick stop at the Light House we got to the Blow Hole – it was really cool, we got quite close, and the noise was rather loud, and amazing how high the water shot up.  Back to the Caravan Park for lunch, and we had our usual stalkers arrive (Mum & Peter and Lorraine and Graeme) as they decided to stay a couple of night in Carnarvon as well. 

 In the afternoon we headed to One Mile Jetty and caught the train out to the end and back – it was extremely windy (25-27knots) so we didn’t stay out there too long, but the kids had a ball doing it.  Our last night in Carnarvon, and really the last night we would see Mum and Peter on our trip, we had another lovely feed of fish compliments of Andy’s fishing Charter.  Off to Denham tomorrow, looking forward to it, just hope its not as Windy there.