Friday...25 June

Bit brrrrrrrr this morning. Was down to 9 degrees. (Yes Yes, I know Perth got to .1degree.) Up nice and early to take the tourneau cover to the upholstery place to have the zips put in. The bloke did a lovely job and even put little flaps on to stop any rain getting in if need be. Very pleased with ourselves.  Decided to stay an extra day as lost most of today waiting for the cover to be done, however we did go out and drove around the big plantations just for a look. Saw bananas trees, mango trees, grape vines, citrus trees, pumpkin paddocks, watermelon paddocks and all manner of stuff growing by the paddock full, most impressive. Carnarvon grows 70% of Australias entire winter vegetable crops.  Then we went to the big satellite dish, telescope thing just on the edge of Carnarvon, my goodness it is huge, 29 metres across, massive. Was very windy up on the hill beside the satellite dish. After that we went and walked the Carnarvon jetty. Seems I am destined to walk my way to fitness. On the way home I did notice a row of trees growing sideways just like the ones south of Geraldton that grow horizontally from the constant winds. Tomorrow there is  a growers market to visit and maybe a day trip to the blowholes which are 75kms out of town along the coast. We made a booking today for a couple of days at Exmouth beginning on Sunday.