After a few months away from the beach we were more than ready for some sea, sand and saltwater fish. Cable Beach at Broome had reminded us of how much we loved the ocean and we hoped to find some beach camping. We had decided to try a few beaches North of Broome instead of heading all the way up to Cape Leveque as we had heard the road was horrendously corrugated and would take us around 3 hours. The place we ended up at was James Price Point, a lovely bit of coast line with white sandy beaches coming up to large cliffs of rich red dirt. It was pretty much empty and we found an area to camp where the sand met the red dirt. Well it was beautiful but the red dirt was like a dye and we all had bright red feet (and clothes, and sheets, and pretty much anywhere the kids hands and feet touched). We played in the many rock pools, swam, watched for turtles (I had a huge one swim right past me), built sandcastles, watched the gorgeous sunsets over the water and stargazed in the evenings. It was lovely but the red dirt was not ideal. After 3 nights we decided the pristine Ningaloo coast was beckoning so we began our journey south, from the top of the WA coast to about halfway down. Around 1500km, a night in DeGrey river rest stop, 2 nights in Karratha, hours of battles with unresponsive Internet and $1000 or so at Kmart and Coles we made it to the magical beaches of Warroora Station. We got the last spot left right on the beautiful white sand with the turquoise waters of the Ningaloo Marine Park only a few meters from our van. Thankfully it was also a relatively secluded at the end of the beach. After a hasty set up (it was now after 5pm and we had been on road since 8am) we all cooled off in the ocean and stood in the bay watching the sunset, we couldn't believe our luck. Little were we to know of the wild weather a few days away........
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| An impressive Sea Eagle |
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| The thick red dust that went right to the sand |
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| Western Australia has such beautiful wildflowers. |
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