Day 73: Carnarvon

Today we went sight-seeing north of Carnarvon - Point Quobba and the 'Blowholes'. The drive was approx 80km on mostly sealed road. Just before the point there was a light house which provided fantastic views of the rugged coast.

At Point Quobba there is a 'camping ground' which is basically an area behind the dunes where you can park your van. There is no electricity or water, Despite this, it was very pretty and would be a nice place to stay - next time we are in WA. In addition to caravans and motorhomes, there were numerous galvanised iron fishing shacks.


Half a kilometre from Point Quobba are the blowholes. The coastline here was quite spectacular - much of the coastal area of WA is made up of limestone which was once coral. When it erodes with the weather it is very rough & jagged.

We also drove into Quobba Station where you can also camp but Point Quobba looked better.

There was not a tree to be seen so we had lunch in the shade of the cars overlooking a pretty bay and some huge waves before we drove home - a good day!!

Tomorrow we head for Denham near Monkey Mia.

Quobba Lighthouse

Blowholes near Point Quobba

Adjacent to Blowholes

Adjacent to Blowholes

Point Quobba (Camp ground in top left)

Beach near Quobba Station

Beach near Quobba Station