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The lighthouse at Geraldton, WA. Tall and made of iron.

Tenerife.

Garden shop.

This was tagged as "flor de cera" which would mean wax flower. Of course it's not a Hoya, so I googled it and came up with this. It's an Australian endemic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamelaucium_uncinatum

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This picture appears in the gallery Amazing flowers 3

VDR23118 with Peters Ice Cream advertising in Geraldton yard, the station can be seen behind.

white browed babblers at Geraldton

Chamelaucium uncinatum This beautiful Western Australian native plant needs well drained soil and plenty of sun to grow well. The flowers have a strong fragrance of honey. There are a couple of other wildlife in the photo as well.

Cruise Liner "Astor" arriving in Geraldton on 9 January 2016.

A handsome building

Locomotives of the R, RA, AB and Y classes lay over at Geraldton depot.

The commissioner's car and Westrail's final inspecton carriage lay over in the yard.

B6 at Maitland Park in Geraldton on 6 June 1983.

This ant has found a huge amount of nectar ( which it has all to itself ) in this Geraldton Wax flower.

Have a wonderful week

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A rainy day at Geraldton loco depot.

Just opened Geraldton Wax flower in a lovely pale pink.

See the buds previous picture.

Pretty quiet main street on a Friday evening!

Seen at the BP depot in Geraldton, Western Australia, this Kenworth K104 'double' owned by Geraldton Fuels is just about to set off to make a delivery to a remote area.

Each seagull represents a sailor lost.

HMAS Sydney II Memorial

This magnificent memorial has become the country's premier site for honouring the 645 Australian sailors who were lost off the Western Australian coast during a World War II battle with a German raider in November 1941. RAN cruiser HMAS Sydney II and her men disappeared after a battle with German raider HSK Kormoran. While both ships were lost, many of the Kormoran crew survived the ordeal.

The beautifully designed memorial features five elements steeped in symbolism: a silver dome of 645 seagulls to represent each of the lost Sydney sailors. The wall of remembrance shows photographs of the ship and the names of the Sydney crew. To the north, a bronze statue of a woman gazes desperately out to sea as she awaits news of the ill-fated Sydney. Nearby is the stele - a single, dramatic shape representing the bow of the ship.

The recently completed 5th element (November 2011) is the pool of remembrance 'Closing the Circle'. 644 Seagulls are lining the base of the pool, the 645th, standing 2 metres tall above the pool, its wing indicating the spot where the wreck lies together with longitude and latitude coordinates. The combination of these five elements results in an extremely moving and fitting memorial.

Both the wreck of the HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran were found in March 2008.

The Geraldton Mount Magnet Road, is 342.7 kms in length. ( this varies in different measurements, when searching the exact length!)

Pindar, 128.7 kms from Geraldton, is quite small, compared to the only other two towns along this road.

(Mullewa and Yalgoo.)

Red Bike

Geraldton Harbour

Western Australia