We drove through Geraldton for groceries and fuel just as school let out, it reminded us how thankful we are that we don't have to fight the traffic to pick Erin up from school.
We have been looking for somewhere to stay for 4-5 nights to just stop before going to Perth and beginning the work hunt but have found this to be rather difficult. We spent a couple of nights at Ellendale Pool which was nice but too windy for the camper trailer, then Geoff wanted to try Arrino Siding which looked nice in the Camps 5 book but turned out to be a rest area in front of someone's house, no thankyou. Koolanooka Springs sounded nice, the flies thought so too, so that was a bust, we ended up spending last night at a nice little caravan park in Carnamah. We have decided that rather than run around the country side spending money on fuel looking for the few and far between ideal camp site, we'll check out the caravan park and job situation around Perth before beginning work. Oh, and look for a caravan too.
To date we have travelled 21,182 kms (Carnamah), spent $3912 on diesel, 3148 litres, average economy 14.86 l/100km
We have averaged $6.45 per night for accommodation, and spent 94 cents per km (includes all expenses). Granted we didn't do any of the tours or go out on boats but we found we didn't miss out on much, we still saw whales, dolphins, turtles, etc without the expenses. In the last week alone, we have seen wild emus, echidnas, kangaroos, shinglebacks, rabbits, foxes, goats as well as the above marine life, not to mention loads of wildflowers.
