Geraldton is a big city located on a windy coast 420 kilometres from Perth.
With long, clean beaches on a wide bay and the warm and sunny weather all year, Geraldton has a lot of water activities. A mecca for windsurfers and kitesurfers, surfing and diving can also be recommended.
Geraldton is well known for its horse racing industry, including the annual Geraldton Gold Cup. They are also reputedly the crayfish capital of the world - though this is self-proclaimed.
At the Western Australian Museum, Geraldton houses the relics of ships wrecked on WA’s notoriously dangerous coast, and there is a memorial to the 645 crew members who were lost when the HMAS Sydney II went down in 1941.
Geraldton has a lot to offer and from July to November becomes the heart of the wildflower season, which is just amazing explore and attracts hordes of tourists every year, arriving by the bus load to see the incredible variety of wildflowers in the area.
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