After deciding we aren't going to fork out for a caravan park at $30 a night (we never do anyway) and noticing all the signs around requesting us not to camp at this beach or that, we had almost given up hope on being able to stay in this spot.
Well.... I suggest a left turn off this road we were on ad it leads to this dirt road, with a turning circle at the end, no "no camping sign's". This'll do for the night, surely they wont find us here.... who- ever they are?
After a short walk to the beach on this lovely track, and walking through some over grown bushes, tackling the spider webs we end up at this remarkable view...
We met some other like minded people who refused to pay $30 per night on our second night, they decided that where we were was fine for them too!! Nick and Ron even went fishing together, the salmon were taunting and teasing them but they didn't land one( lucky fish, unlucky boys)
We shuffled into town and met some locals who had say hi to us at Gordon's Point who recommended where to head for some good fishing and free camping, and after going to the information centre to grab our supplies we were invited to "the biggest morning tea"
After a quick scrub up we went into the hall, and donated some coins, and nicks eyes popped out of his head when he saw the spread of cakes laid out on the table. I was happy they had green tea and with my dairy free lifestyle I didn't even get to much down any goodies, but what I didn't eat nick made up for. As the only other man in the room (bar a local)Nick was invited to draw one of the raffles. We were sitting on a table with to other "tourists" who both lived in WA, and they gave us the low-down of places we should visit etc. After the official raffle drawing business was completed (the same lady won both raffles) we moved onto try and find these spots, at Doubtful bay(?)
Well after crossing these muddy paths, and feeling our car (and home) skid and swerve under (and over )us, with heavy black clouds hanging silently in the sky I insisted that we, not continue any further and not stay here, for fear of not being able to leave if it rained too much... as the roads were already flooded. The shot below was taken as a last minute thought, as we were leaving on the road out, and doesn't really show the conditions we were in. Imagine puddles like our water crossing at cave hill, with no relief. I remember saying to Nick " I thought we had mud tires" and the response "this is what mud driving is like"... aggh no thanks.
After a bit of searching, this spot did not come easily we came across Millers point. Again on our "places we could live "list. After ignoring a $7.50 per person per night, collected by rangers sign (we drove the opposite direction so we could pretend not to have seen it ... cheapskates haha)
After driving through this, we came across this.....
On the Pallingup River lay this amazing spot. Another on our "we could live here" list. After listening to the wonderful wildlife settle, an amazing camp fire, a clear night with an awesome display of stars, which produced very frosty and cold night, we woke up the next morning to mist and fog covering the lake...
Then after it had cleared and we all decided to get off the bed (was very cold = 2 dog in bed night) we walked outside and were greeted to this...
We went for a little walk following the track, this may give you some idea of how stunning the spot that we had found to camp in was...
We had some amazing sunsets...
Did some great bushwalking, discovered the Crocodile rock (below)
Walked to the top of a lookout to look over the bay, stunning...
Nick even encountered a yellow belly blacksnake on one bushwalk. We met the ranger, Steve, who took our rubbish, had a yarn with us for an hour or so, then gave us his business card so we could call if we did plan on coming back this way and he would hook us up with some work. He didn't even charge us for staying because he said he liked us, and he had made $1100 over the Easter weekend.
We also found out from him about why so many towns end with "up", its the Aboriginal word for fresh water, so hence marked the towns with fresh water supplies.
We sadly left here after 4 magnificent (sunny)days, cold nights, and started to had towards Albeny.
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