Stromatolites Unseen

We packed up, visited the bakery and collected a few items from the supermarket before hitting the road. Today's drive covered 300km with us finishing up at Hamelin Pool Caravan Park. All was quiet on the road until we joined the main highway where the caravan convoy started! I must say the traffic was busy in both directions!! Thankfully there were lots of opportunities to safely overtake.

We arrived at Hamelin Pool in time for a late lunch so we drove straight to the Stromatolites. Unfortunately the boardwalk was missing large sections thanks to cyclone Serosa so we weren’t able to view these (pointless according to Ella) living rocks.

It was then time to go back to the very ordinary looking caravan park to check in. Despite telling Andy that I expected it was going to be a very rudimentary park, as we drove in and saw the place, he said 'Do we really want to stay here?' 'Yep' was my reply as it had already been paid for. During the check in process, we were informed that there was a free talk on the Telegraph Station history at 3pm, an impressive view of Hamelin Bay from the hill at sunset and later in the evening viewing of the moons craters for a small fee.

Andy and I decided to participate in the Telegraph Station talk. It was housed in the old Telegraph Station building and divided into two sections. An informative DVD regarding the stromatolites and a talk on the station history. The stromatolites DVD was old but did the job. The talk on the Telegraph Station was actually interesting - learning about Morse code and the history of communication. The display of all things old was extensive!

 

Following the talks, Andy and the girls tested out the pool which on all accounts was refreshing! We wandered up to the top of the hill for another beautiful sunset. Gosh the West does these so well.

Dinner was simple - macaroni cheese with sides of bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes. Post dinner we took up the opportunity to look at the mooon though the impressively large telescopes set up for us. The full moon rising was amazing to view such detail through these telescopes. We watched the cloud wisp iPads over the moon and could identify the Sea of Tranquility and many craters on its surface. Ella went back later to take a photograph.