Day 63. Coffee at the cafe by the old 1 Mile Jetty before we hopped aboard the Coffee Train which took us out to sea on the old 1880's jetty. Looked a bit rickety in places, lots old timbers and loose or missing railings. Once a busy working port with wool, beef, salt, whale and fish and other supplies. The museum near the cafe very interesting - a lifeboat from the German raider 'Kormoran' which sank the HMAS 'Sydney' in 1941 off Carnarvon with a loss of over 6...

Day 62. We had coffee at the local bakery before we departed beautiful Coral Bay. We have really enjoyed our couple of days here, especially the fine warm weather. Down the Coral Coast today, rolling red sandhill country with lots of wild flowers. Crossed the Tropic of Capricorn and noticed a temperature change! We stopped for a few days at the small port town of Carnarvon, first settled in 1876, on the banks of the mighty Gascoyne River which runs 764km. Planta...