After a very quiet night we had a slow start to the day , packing up and getting on the road at 10am . The road today took us north then northwest , through wheat , lupin and canola fields , past some very large lakes , small towns and following the railway tracks north .
The soil varied from orange to red to brown and then to white sand as we got closer to Walkaway . Yellow daisies started to appear beside the road , then increased to be several acres of them .
Stopping at Walkaway for some lunch and a break , before we headed into Geraldton .It was an interesting drive today over some average roads , and some very good roads , best of all they were all quiet . We had wanted to see this area when things are green , well with the rain they've been having , we got our wish . It's a completely different landscape from the way we saw it in October last year . Travelling through Mingenew was an eye opener - we drove here last year in December when we were at Port Denison , the wheat fields were huge and today we found some that are even bigger . Farmers are busy at the moment getting their Lupins and canola in the ground - big 6 wheel teachers pulling their seeders and a seed bin , sewing a 20m wide row . Others are busy spraying their fields , killing off weeds and anything else unwanted , before ploughing and or seeding them .
Arriving in Geraldton , it was nice to feel some warmth , the jeans can go back in the wardrobe for a while - got to be happy with that !!!
Todays map link :-https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-6X49Opz7JbfEYZ3HAOInswFtTI&usp=sharing
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