Wild budgies!! You
wouldn’t believe it… it was not long ago that Dave and I were commenting on the
fact that we had never seen budgies in the wild. Well, that was rectified today… Our second day of exploration started with a
visit to Chinamans Pool… where we finally found something of beauty that
Carnarvon has to offer. It was a pretty
spot along the Gascoyne where the tree-lined banks were alive with the sound of
birds… green and yellow budgies included. We even spotted some mulloway in close to the
shore. Carnarvon has redeemed itself ;)
Next on the list of attractions was the Space and Technology
Museum. Again, the massive satellite dish
was something we would comment on every time we passed… now we can say we’ve
been there… The museum was awesome and I recommend a visit if you’re in
town. The volunteers are pretty helpful,
bursting full of knowledge they are only too happy to share. One guy spent ages explaining the whole
process of an Apollo space launch… I learned quite a bit in that talk
alone. A highlight of the museum is the
launch simulation. You sit (lying on
your back actually) and it takes you through the first three minutes of
pre-launch radio transmission. Then you
launch into space… the whole thing rocks and shudders and the view outside the
window changes as you enter space…. It was VERY cool…
The view inside the shuttle simulation:
Future astronaut?
Hmmm.... maybe Elton John's Rocket Man??
Aiden bearing up under all the weight...
Tomorrow we are heading up to Quobba Station to explore that
area. We are undecided yet if we touch
base back in Carnarvon before heading to Waroora Wilderness Camp (just south of
Coral Bay) so am likely not to have phone/internet service for a couple of days
up to almost a week. Not sure when the
next blog post will be…
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