To Geraldton

We headed to Northampton not knowing where we were going to stay. It is a small heritage town with some beautiful old buildings built by an architect priest Monsignor Hawes. He built many churches in the area and made an amazing contribution.


After a quick look around we decided to go to the Oakabella Homestead which was a beautiful old homestead that is supposedly haunted.
It is run by a lady who had dreamt of this old homestead since she was a little girl.
When she finally went to stay there she fell in love with the place and she convinced her friend to let her restore the house to its former glory and she has managed the place ever since and takes people on tours through the house. There was a lovely old barn and a shearing shed as well. The view from our campsite looked out over the green pastures and was very picturesque.
Luckily we didn’t encounter any ghosts!!
We arrived there fairly early and it was pretty windy and cold so decided to check out a place we heard that was close by and was a recommended place to stay. It was only ten kilometres to Coronation Beach and it was absolutely beautiful and no wind and warmer. We thought we would come back with the caravan in the morning.


The next morning we left very early in the morning as Coronation Beach was full the day before but we had talked to two people who were leaving so we wanted to be first cab( opps I mean caravan) off the rank. The wattle on the way road into the beach was magnificent and the paddocks were full of green crops so it was a very pretty drive. You come down a steep hill and all that is there is the campsite as it is a nature reserve. It was a lovely natural spot.
The next day really windy so we went into Geraldton for the day as it was only 28 kms away. It seems we get one good day and then the wind comes back and its gets cold. This is an excellent spot for wind and kite surfers as there is a reef out to sea and the bay is very calm. We were treated to a good display during our stay.

( our van is near the two yellow bins)