Blogs from Quobba Station , Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

We were all looking forward to our time at Red Bluff after it had proven to be one of our most popular stops on our last trip and it sure did not disappoint. We lucked in with the most perfect campsite right on the beach, had several days of great surf, saw lots of marine life, caught lots of fish and enjoyed beautiful clear sunny days. What more could you ask for? How about a pod of whales swimming by close to shore just as you are setting up your camp? The girls and I enjoy climbing down the bluff to sit in one of the lagoon pools right on the verge of the surf break, providing a spectacular view of the surfing as well as a protected swimming spot. The girls enjoy collecting cowrie shells ... read more

Day 50 – Saturday 18th August – Lake McCloud Rest area (90kms north of Carnarvon) to Quobba Blowholes The rest area was an Ok spot for the night but quite noisy after around 5am once the road trains had started motoring up and down the Great Northern Highway. Some of the cheekier drivers tooted their horns at the travellers in the rest area as they passed, enjoying the sport of traveller waking. Anna and Luke wrote some postcards before we hit the road again that we were going to post in Carnarvon. We arrived in the sprawling town of Carnarvon at around 9.30 and found the visitors centre to get some information. Carnarvon and the area of Gascoyne is famous for growing bananas, grapes, cucumbers, tomatoes, mangoes, beans and grapefruits and these fruit and ... read more

19 June 2012 Overnight was quite warm with only a sheet needed for sleeping, also there was no dew on the tent :). The sound of the surf was very loud and being only 50m or so from the beach over the dune you can even feel the vibration through the ground as the waves crash onto the beach. We had a visit from a cat last night, we're not sure if it's a feral or a farm cat, either way it looked like it was pretty hungry. But not tame enough to come within a couple of meters. After breakfast we took a walk along the beach, unfortunately this is a no fishing beach, you cannot even take shells from the beach, of which there are many, including some clam shells twice the size of ... read more