We needed to refill our water tanks otherwise we could have stayed at Sandy Cape until they chucked us out. Geraldton was the next stop. A family we met at Sandy Cape stayed in the same park as us not far from the lighthouse. It's not a caravan park I'd recommend but then we just love free camping.
My new found mum friend and I took the morning out to go to the tiny farmer's market. As we pulled up we realised it was still being set up so we had to go and find ourselves a coffee and a couple of garage sales. What an awful way to spend the morning.
Between K and me we cleaned up at the garage sale, bearing in mind that we are both caravanning and can't buy anything too big or too heavy. It was good fun. The farmers markets have the potential to grow but we grabbed rockmelons, salad greens, olives and locally made rice paper rolls for lunch.
The Railway Market the following day was a lot bigger with a wider variety of stalls from crafts and handiworks to plants, birds, fruit and veggies, sauces and relishes.
We bought veggies from a stand packed with produce from MEEDAC - the Mid West Education Employment District Aboriginal Corporation from Mullewa,100km east of Geraldton. They sold the sweetest little cucumbers - ideal for snacking, and baby zucchinis - which I cooked in butter one night.
We also bought homemade tomato sauce and the fluffiest lemonade scones I've ever seen from the markets and took them up to have for morning tea after a tour of the HMAS Sydney Memorial.
The memorial is an especially moving tribute to the men who lost their lives off the West Australian Coast and it's well worth timing a visit with a free tour by volunteer guides.
Our guide, Bob, took us on a very informative walk through each element of the memorial which culminated in the Pool of Rememberance. The Pool was constructed following the discovery of the Sydney in its resting place on the seabed and provides a place for reflection for visitors.
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