Feeding Pelicans in Kalbarri
For over 40 years, some senior citizens of Kalbarri have taken on the voluntary effort of feeding Pelicans each morning at around 9:00am on the foreshore of Kalbarri beach. Yes, some pelicans are just as reliable as the volunteers in turning up for a feed and chin tickle or some first aid when injured from another aggressive pelican. Donations can be given and the funds raised are used to support other volunteer organizations in Kalbarri, like the fire brigade or SES.
Cliffs south of Kalbarri
As we departed Kalbarri, we didn’t know what was ahead until we made our way to the coastal viewpoints along the way. You can see from the photos just how nature has formed the various sandstone cliffs into interesting headlands and cliff faces of significance. Red Bluff Lookout, Mushroom Rock, Pot Alley, Eagle Gorge, are well worth a look.
Pink Lake – Port Gregory
Salt has often been in our view as we have traveled down the coast towards Perth. From Port Hedland where there are large commercial sized collection points down to the smaller region near Port Gregory. Although fishermen keenly fish on the ocean side of the point and harvest enormous weights of crayfish, visitors to the area come to experience the changes in color of Pink Lake where high grade salt is harvested.
We chose to take the Pink Lake Buggy Tour around the sand hills with an excellent commentary on the area and the process involved in the salt industry. As the sun rises, the color of the lake changes from deep pinks to brilliant violets and blues. Part of the color change happens due to the stage of the harvesting of the salt and the density of the algae in the purification stages.
As we were leaving the lake, I thought it would look good from the drone. About a kilometer past the lake, I found a spot to park and flew the drone 1200 meters back towards the lake before filming a few shots. You can see the color split of different age groupings of processes.
The Glass Marble – Geraldton
Friends ahead of us mentioned to stop by the glass marble that has become the icon for Geraldton’s tourism promotions.
Green Head
We found a small fishing village made up of three bays and would you believe that there was a fish and chip shop. The seagulls were happy with the leftovers after we had taken our share of good chips.
Wildflowers along the way
September and October are supposed to be the time when we’re to experience the vast desert of wildflowers. Either we have missed them or we have traveled the wrong roads.
At one wayside stop we stayed a night at, the ranger came to tell us that we should not be using the space. Interesting, there are no signs about to warn us that the sheltered, well hidden from residents, bowl of red dust and gravel, is not a camping area.
The Pinnacles – Nambung NP
After touring around the pinnacles area at Nambung NP, I got wondering how this place existed here but nowhere else on our travels. And it is millions of years old. The logic leaves me bewildered. But then, there’s no need to argue because honestly, no one really knows. The stories seem to fit so let’s set up a visitors centre and make some money.
We journey into Perth on brilliant highways, for a time of meeting old boarding school mates and adjustments to vehicles.
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