Friday, 27 June 2014

Hot water in the desert - Francois Peron NP

27th June 2014

This morning was bright and sunny so we visited the dolphins at Monkey Mia again to see them in the sparkling sunshine.  This time John got to feed a fish to Nicky.

John gives the dolphin a fish
After this we visited Francois Peron National Park which covers the top half of the Peron Peninsula.  From the early 20th century until 1990 the area was a sheep station.  The old buildings have been left in place so it is possible to visualise it as a working farm.  In the 1920's a bore was sunk several hundred metres to the artesian basin for water supply.  The bore flow has been reduced now but enough is drawn to fill a hot tub!  The water flows at a constant 40 degrees.

Peron Station
Enjoying the hot water


We returned to our caravan for a chat with David, Joel and Nathan; Nicole was sick unfortunately.  This week Nathan chatted for about 20 minutes non stop, mostly about football!

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