DONGARA
We left Sandy Cape & stopped for three nights at Dongara. Dongara was a top spot. A fair sized port that survived chiefly around a crayfish processing plant. Here we caught more crays & were given some freshly caught reef fish by a group of guys travelling from Perth to the outer islands.
Our car was booked in for a service at Geraldton so we had a few days to kill. A recent addition is the war memorial that pays homage to those that perished on the H.M.A.S Sydney during WW2.
H.M.A.S SYDNEY
645 great men were lost to the sea after the Sydney was torpedoed by the Germans. The Sydney had remained undiscovered in thousands of metres of water off the West Australian coast until 2008. When the sculptors had been commissioned to construct the memorial they decided they would attend a memorial service to capture the feel; the vibe. As it turned out, when the last post was sounded a large flock of seagulls flew in from the sea, surrounded the memorial then left & headed back to sea. The sculptors felt that this was symbolic & hence the shroud above the memorial is constructed of 645 stainless steel sea gulls. It was humbling to attend this memorial & a harrowing reminder of the men that pay the ultimate price whilst serving this great land.
ST GEORGES BEACH
A few clicks north of Geraldton CBD there are a number of small beachside suburbs. Our first night was a free camp by the ocean.
We left Sandy Cape & stopped for three nights at Dongara. Dongara was a top spot. A fair sized port that survived chiefly around a crayfish processing plant. Here we caught more crays & were given some freshly caught reef fish by a group of guys travelling from Perth to the outer islands.
Our car was booked in for a service at Geraldton so we had a few days to kill. A recent addition is the war memorial that pays homage to those that perished on the H.M.A.S Sydney during WW2.
H.M.A.S SYDNEY
645 great men were lost to the sea after the Sydney was torpedoed by the Germans. The Sydney had remained undiscovered in thousands of metres of water off the West Australian coast until 2008. When the sculptors had been commissioned to construct the memorial they decided they would attend a memorial service to capture the feel; the vibe. As it turned out, when the last post was sounded a large flock of seagulls flew in from the sea, surrounded the memorial then left & headed back to sea. The sculptors felt that this was symbolic & hence the shroud above the memorial is constructed of 645 stainless steel sea gulls. It was humbling to attend this memorial & a harrowing reminder of the men that pay the ultimate price whilst serving this great land.
ST GEORGES BEACH
A few clicks north of Geraldton CBD there are a number of small beachside suburbs. Our first night was a free camp by the ocean.
