Geraldton

Pulled into Geraldton, to stay the night and pick up some groceries.

Approximately 40,000 people live in Geraldton, so a major town that supports the Gasgcoyn area and farms inland.
There are plenty of caravan parks, but the navigator had picked one on the beach.
I was a little concerned as we seemed to be driving towards a peninsula that had mainly silos, trains and port facilities.


We pulled into Belair Gardens caravan park, big clean park on the coast line. and were directed down the back next to a big brick wall.
It wasn't long before we knew what the wall was for!

we had camped quite close to Geraldtons largest rail shunting yard.
So didn't sleep a lot, as they must have shifted every carriage in the yard at least twice overnight!

We proceeded to the HMAS Sydney II Memorial.
Click the link above to have a look a the story.



























Very well put together memorial of the loss of the HMAS Sydney II, that was sunk by the German raider of the coast not far from here, on November 19 1941,
All 645 men on board lost their lives.