19/7/12 Drove into Geraldton and booked the car into Twomeys. We had nothing better to do than sit in the waiting room and after and hour and a half got the report. No good news. Because the Ford is designed for European the camber is set up differently than it would be for Aussie roads and is not adjustable. Means we will need to rotate the front wheels every 10000 kms or so. Off to Beaurepaires to have two new tyres fitted. Some $800 poorer we left Geraldton and to the Murchison River Camp Site. A big site and we were licky enough to get a caravanner roll in and put his gennie on. Used it to cook tea. God only know what gas is for.

20//7/12 Off to Kalbarri today. Visited the National Park and other sights around Kalbarri before driving onto Northampton and thence to Geraldton before ending up at the Dongari East Rest Area with two other vehicles, Right beside a very busy road with plenty of traffic through the night. Still some Caravan Parks can be just as noisy.

21/7/12 We had decided to do the wildflower trail and drove out to Mingenew for a looksee and then onto Three Springs before heading to Carnamah and then turning coastwards to Eneabba. We passed the delightful Yarra Yarra Lakes during our travels and took snaps of wuite a number of wildflowers. We then drove back up towards Dongara, before getting onto the Indian Ocean Drive. We camped for the night at the delightful Cliff Head North Rest Area right on the sea. A beautiful spot spoiled only by me coughing all night and getting practically no sleep and ruining Marion's sleep into the bargain.

22/7/12 We set off south on the Indian Ocean Drive calling into every coastal hideaway and just before Jurien Bay turned inland and spend a couple of hours looking at Leseur National Park. We have more or less decided to return in September next year to check out the wildflowers once again. We now have many more places to visit than we had last time. After that we drove into Jurien Bay and checked into th caravan park for the night. Marion got some washing done and wefilled up with water.

23/7012 After leaving the CP we went shopping and I found a Chemist Shop to get some stuff to help with my cold. Once more we drove south checking all coastal nooks and crannies before ending up at the Pinnacles. This time we walked all around and saw much more than last time. Met a couple from Cairns who left on the same day as us and have to have their rental camper back in Cairns by 29/8/12. We drove on and stayed the night at the Moore River Bridge Rest Area. The first time ever we had more Motorhomes than Caravans – 4 to 2.

24/7/12 Drove cross to Gingin, Toodyay, Northam and York spending time in each. The suspension bridge in York is what the Mount Morgan one could have been. Had decided to stay at a Brookton Rest Area but the one we choose didn't look too appealing so we back tracked some 30 km to another which we had to ourselves until about 5pm when two caravans turned up. It looked lke being a bitterly cold night and before you could turn around the gennies were on. By 7.30, I had had a gutful so went for a walk. These two gooses and their wives needed the gennies to power their reverse cycle airconditioners and so warm things up, Many words were said particularly about his noisy generator ( he said it was silent ). I thought I had hearing problems. Anyway, the upshot was that about 15 miutes later both gennies were shut down so we had a peaceful night's sleep.I was always very pro generators but have changed my mind this trip

25/7/12 Woke this morning to see the temperature was 2.5 degrees in the van – heaven knows how cold outside. Found out my two .mates were Queenslanders. Somepeople give the state a bad name. To make matters worse thay parked in the road side by side and I was unable to get out except by reversing quite a distance. They probably hate my guts as much as I hate their's. Had intentions of staying the night at a dam outside Collie, but when ww got there found that from 1/7/12 thee was a charge of $7 per head. As all we were getting was a bit of dirt and no facilities, we opted out and moved further down the road to another dam site. The sites were so steep we would have been sleeping standing up, so decided to move onto Donnybrook where we knew that the local Municiapl Park was very good and reasonably priced. We get all amenities including and ensuite beside our van. All this for $27. Many Caravan Parks could take note. TV reception is lousy, so looks like reading and Soduku may be the order of the night.