Carnarvon "24:53.95S 113:39.02E"
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Mon 20 Jul 2015 23:46
We’re now at the very northern end of Shark Bay, our jump-off point for Cocos Keeling. Carnarvon is a very pleasant Australian country town, a mere 13 hours by bus from Perth. We’re in a pen in the fishing harbour: Robbie returns from the UK having had to return urgently to see his mother. Having recklessly consumed a banana smoothie from a roadside vendor in Mauritius en route he spends the next two days in bed being dosed with antibiotics. Meanwhile the rest of the crew enjoy themselves - seen here on the little train that takes you out on the very rickety One Mile Jetty which would be closed instantaneously on safety grounds were it in the UK: |