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Carnarvon lies between Exmouth and Monkey Mia, 904km north of Perth. The largest town in the Gascoyne region, Carnarvon offers sparkling beaches, brilliant displays of wildflowers and spectacular ocean blowholes.
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Original settlers in Carnarvon drove 4000 sheep from York east of Perth seeking warmer agricultural land. By 1883, Carnarvon had enough settlers for it to be gazetted as a town. Some of Australias largest sheep stations were set up and the jetty 1493m became the first port in Western Australia, and perhaps the world, to regularly export livestock.
Today, the wide streets of Carnarvon still remain and beautiful hibiscus, with tall palms and bright bougainvilleas growing along them.
But while you may see the crops being irrigated from the river, you may well not see any water in the Gascoyne River. The mighty Gascoyne River runs only underground for much of the year!
In addition to this, Carnarvon provides a base for some amazing fishing. Sailfish, marlin and other game fish can be wrestled into submission out on the impossibly blue Indian Ocean. Mulloway, shark, tailor and mackerel can be hooked right from the rivers and beaches. Luscious seafood delicacies such as juicy prawns and crabs, tender scallops and melt-in-your-mouth crayfish are in abundance.
Sights around Carnarvon Township include the sheep station that became a NASA space-tracking station in the 1960s. Neil Armstrongs famous words upon landing on the moon in July of 1969 oOne small step for man. One giant step for mankind were made possible by this outback installation. The Carnarvon space-tracking station played a vital role in the Apollo Space Missions and was the means through which the world first heard these historic worlds.
The Blowholes, 70km north of Carnarvon, make for an awesome display when powerful jets of water are pushed as high as 20m into the air through holes in the costal rocks.
Wildflowers abound in season; mulla mullas, starflowers and the Ashburton Pea intermingle with fields of everlastings.
Central Carnarvon North West WA - Western Australia
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