WA-Carnarvon

Carnarvon is renowned for its fresh produce so we were looking forward to our stopover here to fill up the fridge and freezer. Unfortunately, we were about three weeks early for the framers markets but did manage to find a couple of farms that had some to sell. We bought beans, onions, watermelon, sweet corn, pumpkin and avocado.

A narrow strip along both sides of the Gascoyne River bed supports the plantations.. The diversity is amazing with tropical fruits such as mangoes and paw paws, citrus and stone fruit, grapes and many variety of melons. Vegetables include tomatoes, beans, capsicum, asparagus, sweet corn and pumpkin.


The fascinating fact is that there is no water in the river. All the plantations are watered from bores that are located along the dry river bed.








The coastal area just north of Carnarvon has some lovely beaches as well are spectacular rugged cliffs where we found an area called the "Blowholes". We spent ages here and were fascinated watching the water blow, the height depending on the size of the waves. Very impressive coastal scenery.