We set off towards Perth after a very disappointing drive to One Arm Point, our aim was to head home , being from the west we had been up and down the coast several times, so the main aim now was to get home.
With the sun setting when we arrived at a road side stop for the night we soon had the camper erected in a couple of minutes.
Once again this overnight rest area was full.but we managed to find space between all these large caravans and a mob of back packers.
We had noticed the nights were getting a little chiller, than the nights spent at the top end so it was out with the extra blanket.
Once again we set out early to eat up some of the 600 klm to Port Headland.
Quite a few flocks of budgies were out and about and one Kangaroo hopped across the road in the distance.
We also saw a very healthy feral cat run across and disappear into the spinafex grass next to the road.
We took the turn off to the Eighty Mile beach caravan park, the beach here is really worth a visit and if you have a 4WD vehicle you can drive along long stretches of the beach.
The beach was covered with shells and Teresa was soon out looking and picking up shells. She walked one section of the beach, while I drove and waited for her. She did suggest we stay at the caravan park as she
picked up some very nice looking shells, one item was most unusual, we think its called a sand dollar after trying to identify it on the net.
From the Eighty Mile beach we headed on south to Sandfire Road house, here there was a large flock of
Peacocks, as usual they got into our bread supply.
The woman wanted us to take them all away on the ute, but, they are the only attraction at the road house as there was nothing else to see.
At the next road house we filled up with diesel to get us to Port Headland, then headed out to the coast again to find lots of people camping in all sorts of sheltered camp sites. The area has been opened up by the local shire and camping here has proved very popular.
Our arrival in Port Headland was mid afternoon, and after a quick look around at all the activities of mining and the port we had a rest then headed on south to the Yule River for our overnight stop.
We had to que to get in the camp area and while we were looking where to fit in some old bloke came up and said we should take the track down to the rivers edge to find a spot, as there would be more room because the bigger vans could not get through the trees. We found a good spot and our set up routine had us camping in minutes.
We got up early and headed off and at about 15 klm down the road a dead cow was lying across the oncoming traffic lane and a new 4wd 4 door ute was not far away with the bumper and roo bar half way up the bonnet of the vehicle. They must have hit very hard as that roo bar was really bent.
Some one was sorting out things in the vehicle and it looked like they were okay.
After a days drive without much happening, we decided to get a camp site early and a sign next to the road said the next rest spot was 38 KLM away,. We had just passed one overnight stop and decided the 38 KLM was not too far away. We drove 138 Klm before we found the next overnight stop, either we both read the sign wrong or some one had removed or covered up the figure one on the sign.
On the road again early next morning I was keeping the speed down as in this same area 10 years earlier a Kangaroo had jumped from behind our vehicle right in front and I just hit it with the left side of the front bumper which caused the bumper to rub on the front wheel until we got a rope and pulled it off the wheel by reversing with the rope hooked on to a bride support. This trip we had only seen a couple of roos in the area and a few Emu's
With the sun setting when we arrived at a road side stop for the night we soon had the camper erected in a couple of minutes.
Once again this overnight rest area was full.but we managed to find space between all these large caravans and a mob of back packers.
We had noticed the nights were getting a little chiller, than the nights spent at the top end so it was out with the extra blanket.
Once again we set out early to eat up some of the 600 klm to Port Headland.
Quite a few flocks of budgies were out and about and one Kangaroo hopped across the road in the distance.
We also saw a very healthy feral cat run across and disappear into the spinafex grass next to the road.
We took the turn off to the Eighty Mile beach caravan park, the beach here is really worth a visit and if you have a 4WD vehicle you can drive along long stretches of the beach.
The beach was covered with shells and Teresa was soon out looking and picking up shells. She walked one section of the beach, while I drove and waited for her. She did suggest we stay at the caravan park as she
picked up some very nice looking shells, one item was most unusual, we think its called a sand dollar after trying to identify it on the net.
From the Eighty Mile beach we headed on south to Sandfire Road house, here there was a large flock of
Peacocks, as usual they got into our bread supply.
The woman wanted us to take them all away on the ute, but, they are the only attraction at the road house as there was nothing else to see.
At the next road house we filled up with diesel to get us to Port Headland, then headed out to the coast again to find lots of people camping in all sorts of sheltered camp sites. The area has been opened up by the local shire and camping here has proved very popular.
Our arrival in Port Headland was mid afternoon, and after a quick look around at all the activities of mining and the port we had a rest then headed on south to the Yule River for our overnight stop.
We had to que to get in the camp area and while we were looking where to fit in some old bloke came up and said we should take the track down to the rivers edge to find a spot, as there would be more room because the bigger vans could not get through the trees. We found a good spot and our set up routine had us camping in minutes.
We got up early and headed off and at about 15 klm down the road a dead cow was lying across the oncoming traffic lane and a new 4wd 4 door ute was not far away with the bumper and roo bar half way up the bonnet of the vehicle. They must have hit very hard as that roo bar was really bent.
Some one was sorting out things in the vehicle and it looked like they were okay.
After a days drive without much happening, we decided to get a camp site early and a sign next to the road said the next rest spot was 38 KLM away,. We had just passed one overnight stop and decided the 38 KLM was not too far away. We drove 138 Klm before we found the next overnight stop, either we both read the sign wrong or some one had removed or covered up the figure one on the sign.
On the road again early next morning I was keeping the speed down as in this same area 10 years earlier a Kangaroo had jumped from behind our vehicle right in front and I just hit it with the left side of the front bumper which caused the bumper to rub on the front wheel until we got a rope and pulled it off the wheel by reversing with the rope hooked on to a bride support. This trip we had only seen a couple of roos in the area and a few Emu's
You have really a nice drive south to Perth.
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