Geraldton

Geraldton Town Centre is literally only metres from the beach. It's a well serviced modern city with a lot going for it...

This old church is a typical example of the structures at Greenough...

Some more information on the Alinta Wind Farm...

Nearby to Greenough is the massive wind generation farm. These are each about 78m high and at 14 RPM the tips are travelling at 220kmph!! The information says that these 54 windmills could run 60,000 homes....amazing!!

Here's another of those lazy trees!! This one is found south of Geraldton near the little township of Greenough, itself a historic reminder of pioneer days gone by...

Youngest son Paul at home with his son Brody...

Here's John & Dawn at the local Irish Club which they help to run...

We looked up dad's cousin Jack Regan whilst in Geraldton. Also saw Jack's wife Kathleen, and sons Paul & his wife Jade, and John & his wife Dawn. We'll hopefully see oldest son Phil in Perth...

In Geraldton there is one outstanding weather feature...wind...and plenty of it!! The tourist Information staff reckon it's the 3rd windiest city in the world (not sure about this), there are wind surfers who travel from all over to take advantage of the regular strong winds in the region....look what happens to the trees!!

Some more details on the Memorial to HMAS Sydney II.

This is the memorial to HMAS Sydney. The remains were only found in 2008 about 200 Nautical Miles West of Shark Bay area. It was sunk in 1940's by the German ship Kormoran which disguised itself before striking. All crew were killed...