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Published: October 28th 2009
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Day 178 - Exmouth
Somehow being in Exmouth feels really comfortable. We’ve only been here once before but it’s such a simplistic place even with the new marina that it feels very homely and familiar.
It was nice to be on electric last night, sometimes you miss it and sometimes you don’t but when the weather is hot the fridge copes much better with the assistance from the electric fan so that makes it a big plus!
We were up well before 7am so had time to help the lovely lady behind us pack her caravan up ready for the tow truck. She’s done most things, “I even emptied the toilet” she told me proudly! When you’re travelling a lot you get into a little routine of who does what so when the other isn’t around it’s a bit of a challenge to remember what else needs doing! She hands us a huge tub of ice cream and another of yogurt as she’s had to switch her fridge off for the journey, we’re very grateful for both items and will be sure that the Elliotts will enjoy sharing them with us later!
The tow truck arrives and
she’s on her way, here’s hoping everything works out well and her return trip to St Kilda goes to plan.
We spent a bit of time wandering around the small group of shops in Exmouth town, we were looking for an Op Shop in the hope of finding second hand snorkel flippers for Dar but there isn’t one so we check out the dive shop prices. $40 is the cost of a new pair, not too bad really and we know he’ll get plenty of use out of them over the next few weeks!
A trip to one of the beaches seemed like a good idea so we drove out to Bundegi beach which we remembered from our previous trip. It’s a great spot, very unspoilt and reasonable quiet. There are a few people snorkelling here but neither of us can imagine there being much to see. We were right, there wasn’t a lot although another snorkeler was positive they’d seen a sea snake but when we put our gear on we didn’t see a thing!
The flies were a bit of a pest so we didn’t sit on the beach for long but instead went back to the caravan park and lazed around the pool! We’d done quite a lot of exploring lately so we deserved a rest!
Later in the afternoon we spotted the by now familiar and very welcome sight of the Elliotts pulling into the site behind us. They’re all looking very well and even though Belinda had said they might be grumpy and smelly by the time they get here but they are neither! It’s great to see them and to hear all about their trip since leaving Broome. They’ve come a different way to us as they kept to the coast via Point Sampson, which the loved and Karratha which they found to be very expensive in terms of the cost of camping. The caravan park there chose to charge for both Lachie and Zali which bumps the cost up to around $55 per night and that’s unpowered! It’s not much better here either, just ludicrous really and it’s no wonder we see plenty of families free camping or in national parks sites.
The kids spot one of the wild Emus wandering around the campsite and want to feed it! They grab some bread and tip toe up to it but it being an Emu, and hungry, spots them and rushes towards them for the bread! Belinda’s laughing and Zali is a bit worried whilst Lachie is protecting me!! It was funny, these birds are enormous and it’s easy to forget what big claws they’ve got when they’re not behind wire netting!!
We have a lovely time catching up and discussing the plans for the next few days in one of the camp spots on Cape Range. The shopping can wait til the morning and until then we just kick back, chat, laugh and eat chocolate!
Heavenly!
Dar and Sar
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thank you for your blog
Hello, I just came across your travelblog and it was so fun to read about that magical place and those beautiful emus...I was stationed at H. E. Holt from 1987-89...I loved the emus, and they loved me because I would feed them frosted flakes at every opportunity.....I remember one time a young emu was hanging around the front of the commissary then walked right in and they had to corral it outta there...He probably wanted to get out of the heat....I 'll never forget the time a coworker informed me that there was a cockatoo that had gotten entwined on the barbed wire security fence that sorrounded our worksite...I put on these huge utility gloves and ran out there with a big pair of wire cutters, hoping I wasn't too late. I could see the bird was close to exhaustion as I worked as fast as I could to free him... I finally got the wire free and he was able to fly away....... That was the best feeling, being able to help such a beautiful animal.