So yesterday I forgot to mention that when Himself went fishing he spent the first hour and a half out on the water watching a group of whales play, about 50m from the boat. There was a mother and newborn calf and a junvenile possibly last years baby and another two adult whales in this little pod and they romped and played happily for some time then the mother whale swam off and the others followed her.
Today we were up early and got away from Carnarvon by 9am which meant we were able to reach Kalbarri (480kms) by mid afternoon. We stopped at a free camp on the side of the road for lunch then pushed on to Kalbarri. It was a long exhausting drive.
So lovely to arrive and see our friends again. They always seem pleased to see us! We have spent the afternoon/evening playing catch up and will no doubt do lots more chatting in the days to come.
Along the way today we were very taken with the variety and abundance of wildflowers visible at the edge of the highway. All sorts of plants from woody bushes to tiny individual blooms and so many colors. Australia is stunning during wildflower season.
We saw grevillias, banksias, heath type bushes. Some looked like the famous Geraldton Wax, and the colors ranged from white and some silver grasses to stunning reds and yellows and some blues and orange and purple and hot hot pink to the yellow of wattles and the deep yellows of banksias. It did not seem to matter where you looked it was one big carpet for miles of color and shape. Simply stunning.
As I sit writing this I can hear the surf crashing onto the beach, what a beautiful noise........
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