Kids hit the skate park this morning - its pretty small so they didn't last long but at least its another one they can add to their list. After a quick skate we headed to Jurian Bay, the books and brochures say its the 'Jewel of the West Coast' so we had fairly high expectations. Sadly the day was overcast and windy so probably we didn't see it at its best but we were a little disappointed. The beaches here have a lot of seaweed which makes them less appealing.
The kids were happy though as Jurian Bay also has a skate park - again a very small one but they skated it none the less. Video evidence only I'm afraid no photos taken of these ones.
Cervantes is very popular for Rock Lobsters and its a multi million dollar industry here. Much of the lobsters caught are exported overseas live. There is a processing plant here in Cervantes that offer tours so we went along to check it out. A very informative tour, its self paced and they give you headsets to listen to as you go along - they have a program for the kids and another for the adults which the kids really enjoyed.
A load of lobsters was being graded and sorted whilst we were there so we got to check it all out first hand.
This big fella was in a tank in the shop at the Rock Lobster - he's not for eating!
The lobsters are being sedated prior to being checked for number of legs, size etc
The lobsters are being graded based on size.
At the end of the tour we bought some lobster for dinner - $15 for a half. They are all ready to eat, they have been drowned (put in fresh water 20 mins), steamed and then dropped into a slurry of freezing cold salt water from the ocean, this is a unique preparation , most places don't use sea water they use butchers salt and water and they also boil them rather than steam them, so I couldn't wait for dinner!!!
We spent a lazy afternoon hanging around the van, kids did some reading and we worked on the photo album. Its been so nice to just stop and relax and not have to rush around all day. Also very glad that we went out to the pinnacles yesterday as they wouldn't have been very good today with the lack of sun.
Finally dinner time came around and we got to eat our Rock Lobsters, hows this for a camping meal...
Jade tried a bit and thought it tasted like salty chicken but Tom wasn't keen to give it a go.
We have some lovely neighbours - Ed and Laura and their little baby Isla, they are from the UK. They were camped near us at Streaky Bay (we were staying in the same caravan park but we didn't meet them until here however they remembered seeing us there - we have similar caravans both Eagles theirs is the older model) and since then they've been to Kalbarri and are now on there way back - we're doing the same trip just sort of in reverse. Spent some time chatting to them today.
We are on the road again tomorrow, this time off to Geraldton.
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