Jurien Bay WA.
Departing Green Head to Jurien Bay checking out the area. This area has beautiful parks along the coast, with views of the Indian Ocean. On entering the welcome signs.
I found it very hard to park anywhere due to a lot of caravan and car already in the big park areas. We drove through the street very expensive homes in the area.
We would have liked to get out of the truck but it proved difficult enough to leave Jurien Bay without many photos.
Some history since 1950s the lobster industry took of in the area becoming a major port.
Origin of Name - by Aussie Towns
http://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/jurien-bay-wa
In 1801 a French expedition led by Thomas Nicholas Baudin and Louis-Claude Desaules de Freycinet mapped and named much of the coastline. Two ships - Le Geographeand the Casuarina - sailed up the coast of Western Australia mapping and collecting samples of the local fauna and flora as they progressed. Freycinet, a brilliant cartographic surveyor, took soundings and surveyed Jurien Bay which he named after Charles Marie, Vicomte Jurien, of the French Naval Administration.
The town is situated at the southern end of Jurien Bay which stretches over 9 km from Island Point at the south to North Head. The waters of the bay are sheltered by a string of islands and reefs which lie just off the coast. The town has been built on low lying sand ridges beside the beach and is characterised by cottages built for holidaymakers and weekend anglers.
I found it very hard to park anywhere due to a lot of caravan and car already in the big park areas. We drove through the street very expensive homes in the area.We would have liked to get out of the truck but it proved difficult enough to leave Jurien Bay without many photos.Some history since 1950s the lobster industry took of in the area becoming a major port.
Origin of Name - by Aussie Towns
http://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/jurien-bay-wa
In 1801 a French expedition led by Thomas Nicholas Baudin and Louis-Claude Desaules de Freycinet mapped and named much of the coastline. Two ships - Le Geographeand the Casuarina - sailed up the coast of Western Australia mapping and collecting samples of the local fauna and flora as they progressed. Freycinet, a brilliant cartographic surveyor, took soundings and surveyed Jurien Bay which he named after Charles Marie, Vicomte Jurien, of the French Naval Administration.
The town is situated at the southern end of Jurien Bay which stretches over 9 km from Island Point at the south to North Head. The waters of the bay are sheltered by a string of islands and reefs which lie just off the coast. The town has been built on low lying sand ridges beside the beach and is characterised by cottages built for holidaymakers and weekend anglers.
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