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...Mearns' team set sail in the Geosounder in early March to tackle a search zone of 1,800 square nautical miles between Carnarvon and Geraldton. After weathering technical problems and a cyclone, on March 12 it transmitted the startling news: the Kormoran had been found. Four days later, the Sydney was located. Graham's fellow Foundation director Glenys McDonald, who was on board, said: "I went up to the back deck and leaned over the railing and cried and gave thanks...
...sheep and wheat man whose home is near Geraldton, 2,500 km to the south and west, Peter Burton, 63, has grown very fond of the Kimberley. "If you live here and die here you have to go somewhere else," says the wiry farmer, rolling a cigarette. "Because you've already been to Heaven." Some district cattlemen consider him a blow-in, but Burton is finding this stage of his life busier than he expected. "Supposedly ret-ired," he says, with mischief in his eyes. "I was happy catching crayfish and sinking piss." But now he's living at Springvale...
...OTHER GREAT REEF Inhabited only by lobster fishermen and their families for just 14 weeks of the year, the remarkable Abrolhos Islands encompass some of the finest coral reefs in Australia. The Geraldton-based Abrolhos Island Tours operates half-day chartered floatplane trips to this tropical archipelago of 122 islands, costing about $85 per person. Each excursion starts on the picturesque East Wallabi Island for a walk along the pristine sands of Turtle Bay and includes a snorkeling expedition and light refreshments. The underwater scenery is breathtaking, and it's not unusual to see lobsters walking across the reef...
Eddie Cameron was 23 when he was arrested, charged with burglary and placed in a solitary cell in Geraldton, Western Australia, one night last July. A few hours later he was found dead, hanging by his own bootlaces. But the death of Eddie Cameron, an Aborigine who was a local football hero and the son of a political activist, sparked a riot by 300 of Australia's native sons...
...then went aboard as soon as she had anchored. The fishermen were actually in a hurry, and weighed after only twenty minutes at anchor, soon driving on to a sand bar in their haste. Luckily, we didn't stick there long, and after a rather rough passage fetched Geraldton shortly before daylight yesterday...