Geraldton | Port Gregory | Kalbarri

Very interesting Drive along the 

coast, mostly small fishing villages dotted intermittently along the coast.

Port Gregory was interesting, seems to have a permanent reef that protects the port, 

Came across a pink lake, known as Hutt Lagoon, Mining company BSAF mine Beta Carotine here.

Hutt Lagoon is a pink lake, a salt lake with a red or pink hue due to the presence of the carotenoid-producing algae Dunaliella salina, a source of ß-carotene, a food-colouring agent and source of vitamin A. The lagoon contains the world's largest microalgae production plant, a 250-hectare (620-acre) series of artificial ponds used to farm Dunaliella salina.^[2]

Even the plants around the lake are pink, it reminded Butcho of the pink flamingos of Lake Nakuru in Kenya.
After his eloquent and detailed explanation of the place, I was expecting some pink Emus to come running past.

Pulled into Kalbarri, beautiful town on the WA coast, the places on the coast just seem to get better, it’s hard to believe, but you need to come and have a look!

Staying at the Tudor Caravan Park.

The manager has to be the closest to Basil Faulty I have come across on this trip.

We pull up at the check in, the girls go over to book in as usual, and about 30 seconds later this bloke turns up with a cb radio in hand, beckoning me to park my van.

I gave a short explanation stating that my wife was still inside, and I was waiting for her, but that wasn’t good enough! He just said Im going to park you now!  Quickly, follow me, hurry up hurry up!

So I followed him, not knowing what to think, my wife would kill me for abandoning her, but this bastard was going to kill me first if I didn’t follow him!

So away I went, deserting my bride, not knowing if I would ever see her again, down to the bottom of the park.

Basil had had enough of people that couldn’t park caravans, so gesticulated that I need to park here!

I thought that it was where he wanted me to put the van, but Basil assumed that every caravan-er was a simpleton and needed full instruction.

I lined up the van to back into his place, but I was 180 degrees wrong, he was instructing me where to drive the vehicle so I could then back the van into the correct position.

I had gone wrong big time, and I thought Basil was going to explode!

Now I have been driving trucks for 40 years, and even driven for Woolworths carting groceries, so I can drop a van onto a 20 cent piece, so this bastard is starting to get on my nerves.

But I didn’t want to drive any further to another park, so dutifully followed his instructions.

From this point on I did exactly what he said left hand down, right hand down, and parked, and that seemed to annoy him more!!

But I didn't let him get to me, and it was now my turn to have some fun.

Butcho has been driving trucks longer than me, so I thought I would amuse myself by watching him and Basil, see how they get on!

And yes, need I saw more, bloody amusing!

While Basil is giving instruction, he is also on the CB radio to the office.
Obviously to his wife, and she wasn’t taking any notice of him at all, very Faulty Towers.

Very funny indeed! Worth the visit!

Nice little park, and according to my wife, the people in the office are delightful!