Blogs from 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

We rolled out of Indee Station after breakfast and headed north to Port Headland.The temperature has been on the rise for the past week and it was definitely sizzling today. The surrounding mines appear to be the main reason for people to come and live in this town as every second vehicle was a company owned 4WD. Other than fishing there did not appear to be much to keep you around if holidaying is what you had in mind. Our primary destination right now is Broome and we have been travelling in that direction with a purpose since we returned to Perth; we have to be there by Wednesday (long story). The further we head north the further our destination appears to be from us. You have no conception of how big this country is until ... read more

After a 300km drive from Karijini we stopped in Port Headland, stocked up and decided to keep on trucking (it’s very much an industrial town so not somewhere we wanted to linger) and started the 611km journey along the North of Western Oz to Broome. To break up the journey we stopped at three absolutely amazing campsites on our way. First up was a site on Cape Keraudren Reserve, no facilities other than a few bush bogs (or long drops as they’re also known, though often the drop is not nearly long enough for us ladies! My thigh muscles are solid from all the squatting) and just an area of land on a cliff top overlooking the sea and beach below where you choose your spot. The drive there was a bone shaking 30 minutes along ... read more

80 Mile Beach, 25 -26th August We both up early and by 8.30 we were on our way over the 22 kilometres of corrugated dirt road out of Port Smith. Rags noticed that the brakes weren’t working correctly and after pushing in a connecting cable plug we discovered that the brakes were partially on. We stopped several times trying to rectify this and Rags rebuilt the connection at an early lunch at Stanley but we hope to buy a new connector in Port Hedland. By the time we rolled into 80 Mile Beach, only an unpowered site was available, but as we have the solar panel this shouldn’t bother us for the couple of nights we’ll be here. Our charming camping spot is shaded for most of the day by the tamarisk trees surrounding us and ... read more

We did stay a bit longer at Ningaloo…two weeks in total. Snorkeling continued to be a highlight, including my first experience swimming with a reef shark. Well once I spotted the shark everyone swam towards it for a closer look. I, on the other hand, headed straight back to shore. Jojo loved the sharks and during Happy Hour reported on his close encounter with “such a friendly shark, he won’t hurt you as he has tiny tiny teeth. I love him.” In honour of Mother’s Day, I spent a day with “The Ladies” at The Novotel, Exmouth. We had a beautiful lunch, were photographed for promotional material, had a swim (after "borrowing" towels from the gym) and made the most of the outdoor shower. Then it was back to the Lakeside campground, drop toilet and ... read more

We made the dash from Middle Lagoon to Port Smith after a brief fuel and food stop in Broome. Port Smith is at the northeastern end of Eighty Mile Beach and because we were only planning to stay there one night, we had pre-booked an on-site cabin. The next day we drove onto the beach near Eighty Mile Beach caravan park, where lots of shells were collected.... read more