It’s been some years since I last travelled through Geraldton and oh wow what a difference. This seaside town has now become quite trendy with its many cafes, shops, galleries and restaurants.
Geraldton
The harbourside area reminded me a lot of Fremantle. The foreshore has beautiful walk ways, BBQ areas, playgrounds and lovely shady grassed areas to enjoy, including some beautiful sheltered beaches that are family friendly.
FREE 24 Hour Stop Over
Along the foreshore, adjacent to the trailer boat launching area, is a FREE 24 hour stop for caravanners and campers. This is a really convienent location within walking distance of the town’s supermarkets and a great place to stay while enjoying all that the Geraldton foreshore has to offer. The location also offers a potable drinking water station, BBQ’s with a view, lovely grassed picnic areas, dump point, playgrounds and just a short walk to the modern and clean toilet block. It’s also within easy walking distance to many cafes and restaurants along the trendy shopping precinct of Marine Terrace.
24 Hour FREE campside
The magnificent HMAS Sydney II memorial centre is just across from the overnight rest stop. This memorial honours 645 Australian sailors who were lost off the WA coast during WWII. You can take a free tour each day at 10.30 am.
Geraldton was a great stop for us to stock up with regular grocery items from the various supermarkets like Woolworths, Coles and IGA. We took advantage of the opportunity to do some stocking up of the ‘essential’ provisions before heading further north as we have been warned the prices of most items will rise quite dramatically as we travel further.
Geraldton Visitor Information Centre
Below are a list of others places we have visited that may be of interest to you:
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- Alice Springs NT to Broken Hill NSW
- Broken Hill to Sawtell – NSW
- Crossing the Nullarbor
- Free Camps – Broken Hill to Cobar -NSW
- NSW – Free camps, Donation camps, Showgrounds and Caravan Parks 2019
- Northern Territory – Free camps, Donation camps and Caravan Parks 2018/2019
- Queensland Road Trip 2017/2018
- South Australia to Western Australia 2019
- South Australia trip 2017/2018
- Victoria 2017/2018
- Western Australia Coastal Trip 2018
- WA’s Got the Lot 2019
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Dixie and Graeme