Carnarvon supplies 70% of WA's winter vegetable requirements and produces over 30,000tonnes of fruit and vegetables every year from its 176 plantations!
It is also a town situated at the only point of the Australian coastline where the central desert reaches out to the sea.
In my mind - these two facts couldn't go together... But it's true.
The Gascoyne River travels 764km from the Indian Ocean inland and is referred to as the life blood of Carnarvon...
The river is unusual in that the water sits unseen below the riverbed in underground reserves that supplies water for the town supply and the plantations via bores. Periodically the river flows visibly after heavy rains inland!
We drove around to plantations where you can buy produce direct from the growers. Apparently in a couple of months time the diversity and quantity of produce is much greater... but we are enjoying fresh watermelon, bananas, cucumbers and zucchinis.
We went for a day trip to Quobba Blowholes and Quobba Point.
We head out to Kennedy Ranges tomorrow!
Great info George
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