A truly WONDERFUL weekend!!!

We landed in Carnarvon late this afternoon.  We’ve spent the last two days camping out, on the furthest peninsula in Shark Bay.  It’s been an awesome time.

We left our vans at Hamelin Station, which is an actual sheep farming station.(aka ranch)  And then we headed off to the most western point in Australia, Steep Point.

We stopped here for morning tea.  We had heard a story about a mackeral in these waters, so I tossed a line in to see if I could catch him.  I actually spotted the two foot beast in the shallow waters, but he never even went near the bait!  hrrmph!!

We crossed sand dunes and salt lake pans.

 

 

 

It was like we took a wrong turn and landed in the Sahara desert!!

 

 

We stopped here for lunch.  While I made sandwiches, Chris threw a line in and spotted a dorsal fin that belonged to a  4ft shark in these shallow waters.  I collected some really neat pieces of coral and seashells along this shore.

This was our camp for the night.  Right next to the seashore. Once the tents were set up, we headed up to the furthest western point for the sunset.

 

We watched the sun set at this point.  Col even spotted some whales out at sea, making their way north to the Broome area.

 

The power of the ocean is beyond comprehension until you come and listen and watch the roaring tide hit the cliffs with such fierceness.  And just behind that spray stands Col, right on the edge of  the cliff face.

  I always get nervous when he walks so close to the edge.  It’s like a 100 ft drop to the rocks below.

 

 

And the first day of camping ended at Steep Point, the furthest west you can go in Australia.

 

We woke up the next morning to fresh air and a cup of coffee. As we sat there waking up, I notice some fish jumping around in the water.  So we all quickly grabbed our gear to start fishing!

Fishing Goddess that I am, ..I didn’t even bother changing out of my PJ’s.  I just rolled them up and started fishing!  I caught two fish and found a starfish!

 

But this was no ordinary morning!..we saw some dolphins come in and the fish were just SKIPPING across the TOP of the water!  It was the most amazing site!  The dolphins swam furiously chasing and eating the fish we were trying to catch. 

But we had four fish, one each for breakky and it was beautiful!  Four pieces of whiting.

 

 

These blowholes dot the cliffs along the shore.  These two at False Entrance are fairly large ones.

 

The water was like a washing machine.  The swells enormous and pounding the the coastline with ferocity.

 

It was getting late in to the day, so we started heading back to the vans and it was still a long way to go.  Ol’ Eagle Eye, Col, spotted more whales making their way north.  Unfortunately, they were too far for me to take a picture of them.

We came back to the spot we had our previous morning tea, and while the boys put air back into their tyres, Margaret and I collected shells and watched the sun go down.

This has been such a wonderful weekend.  Not only did we see more fantastic sights, but we started the weekend with news that Scott was going to ask Jenny to marry him.  Congratulations to Jenny and Scott, we wish you both many happy years together.