14th July 2014
Absolutely tipping down with rain early this morning but once it had mostly cleared we ventured out on a long walk up the coast to Dongarra and back. We are in Port Denison which is a twin settlement to the south of the Irwin river, Dongarra is to the north.
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| Big lobster at Dongarra [on his own sailboat!] |
Dongarra proved to be disappointing. They have a heritage trail around the town but the information centre charged for a map and information about it - first time we have come across that! So we went without. They also claim to be 'the lobster capital of the world', but the processing plant is closed because all the lobsters are now taken to Geraldton or Fremantle. A big lobster greets visitors on the main road though.
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| Irwin river near the river mouth |
There is a pleasant board walk along both banks of the Irwin river with a lookout facing south. Two days ago there was a king tide due to the full moon and the sandbar across the river is now a lot lower. We just got across before the tide came over it.
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| Sandbar on Irwin river |
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