We watched more Olympics this morning whilst we had
breakfast and then went down to the office to see if we could move to a proper
site within the caravan park as with the shed on one side and a road on the
other we have no space to park the car and can't even step out of the caravan
without stepping onto the road. The
staff were happy for us to move and said they would be over shortly to direct
us to a new site. Eventually, just as
the Campbell sisters were about swim in the 100m freestyle final, they came to
move us to the site that had been empty since about 7am this morning. So that was a shame as we wasted a couple of
hours waiting for someone to direct us to a site which they knew was empty but
don't trust you to back yourselves into.
Never mind, we didn't really miss anything with the Campbell
sisters disappointingly bombing out in their race. Once we were set up, we headed off to the
Carnarvon OTC satellite dishes and the Space and Technology museum. It was really very good for a $10 entry fee and
we spent a happy couple of hours there.
They have only recently opened Stage 3 of the museum which includes a
whole heap of Scitech interactive space related gadgets and Larry had fun
crashing the Space Shuttle a few times and then we both went in the Apollo II
simulator which, apart from the lack of G Forces, gives you a feel of what it's
really like to be an astronaut during lift off including lying on your back
with the your legs elevated and rumbling under your back and flames in the
windows. Pretty cool.
Once we had looked everything we got some good photos of the
Jeep next to the largest dish and then drove around the Tech. Officer's
houses. We had watched an interview with
one of the engineers during the 70's describing what a shock it had been to
arrive at these brand new houses on stilts and surrounded by sand on a 40 plus
day fresh from Perth. 50 years on, they
all have additions, closed in verandahs, different paint jobs and mature
gardens and look quite different!
Having 'done' the Carnarvon Space Centre we drove back down
into town and had lunch and then drove to the local hardware store where we
were finally able to purchase the elusive pizza stone for the Weber (think
we've been looking for one since Kununurra?).
We won't actually get to use it this trip but we now have it in the van
and we'd rather give our money to a local hardware store in Carnarvon than
Bunnings Balcatta.
Back to the caravan and time for an afternoon siesta and
then some more Olympics watching.
Marinated chicken drummies and coleslaw for dinner and a quiet night in.
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