Pentz' Prattle 3

Whatsup!!!

Well we all survived cyclone Olwyn, unfortunately, some of our friends (Sharon and David) up in Carnarvon didn’t fare so well and our thoughts are with them. For us we bunkered down in Jurien Bay and as the cyclone hit the coast it headed inland and we got nothing more than a slight breeze.

Jurien Bay was a nice place to see out the weather system, with the boys thoroughly enjoying fishing of the pier and catching literally hundreds of blowfish. Kristy, Taz and I enjoyed some strolls up and down the amazing coastline and having a dip in the beautiful ocean water.

From Jurien Bay we headed up to Kalbarri which certainly proved to be a highlight, even though the river was very murky after the rains making fishing and swimming not that viable. The caravan park was extremely peaceful with a great pool and playground for the kids. 

We went to the National Park and went on the most spectacular walk I have ever done. We went past ‘Nature’s Window’ and down the cliffs to the running river at the base of brilliant cliff faces.

It was with great excited that our next destination was Monkey Mia and the wonderful dolphin experiences. The dolphins, emus, turtles, sharks and dugongs again showed have fantastic our wildlife is and the made the stay once again memorable, unfortunately, the resort seems to have taken on a bit of a transformation towards a bogan hunting fishing village. It was slightly embarrassing chatting to some great international guess whilst our fellow Australians persisted on swearing, drinking to all hours and generally being extremely rude. One gent of about 70 at least, he might improve with age??? with an extremely large GOCK as Ryley calls them, (this is when your gut overhangs your male genitals) swore, chased emus with a broom, got extremely drunk and kept everyone awake until 1am. In simple terms a great Australian Flog.

As we continue to head north we hope to catch up with Sharon and David, however, we will wait and see how they are recovering.