Big Nanny's Aussie Adventure: Lake Lagoona to Geraldton

The scenery changed from sandhills to flat green pasture with sheep grazing on the drive to Geraldton. I was woken at 7.30am this morning by the Ranger who had come to collect my $7 camping fee for the night. I didn't hang around for long after he went because it had been raining heavily over night and the ground was so muddy and covered in large puddles that I couldn't let Oscar out of the van.

I stopped for morning tea at Dongala which is a small seaside town, but with the heavy showers and gusty wind it wasn't much fun there either so I continued on to Geraldton. I managed to buy a couple of things I had on my shopping list and I dropped into a pet grooming salon to book Oscar in and luckily they had time to clip him while I waited.

I parked on the foreshore and had lunch, but with the wind still blowing and the occasional shower I decided to head for my overnight stop at a place called Fig Tree camping ground which is about 12km East of Geraldton. It is quite pleasant and not as windy being away from the coast. It is a 24hr stopover so I will only stay tonight then head back into Geraldton tomorrow to the post office where hopefully there will be some mail for me to pick up. If not I have to hang around until Tuesday because Monday is a public holiday.

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