Travelling a further 200kms south
along the North-West Coastal Highway, we again headed west, this time at the
Burkett Road turn-off, back out to the coast, stopping for two nights at the
highly recommended Bullara Station. Bullara is a working cattle farm, currently
running over 3,500 cattle. What a fun place! We were very warmly greeted by the
camp hosts, John and Jilly and shown to our site, following Jilly on her push
bike.
After setting up and a quick lunch,
we went for a walk around the campground to explore and take photographs. So
many wonderful farm icons of which to snap beautiful photos. We then walked the
Tin Can and Windmill trails and met several farm animals including cattle,
horses, sheep, goats and two little Shetland ponies. We made it back in time
for John’s famous campfire damper and enjoyed the stories he shared of his
travels and life at Bullara Station.
The next morning we took advantage
of the opportunity to travel 20km on a 4WD track (on the Bullara property) to
the bottom of the Exmouth Gulf. It was a very windy day and the tide was well
out, so we didn’t last long, and headed back to the station
That evening we thoroughly enjoyed
a beautiful two course meal in the woolshed. Bullara currently has two Michelin
French Chefs in residence for the season, so we scored well with a beautiful
‘home grown’ Beef Bourguignon with salted carrots and sweet potato, with a
delicious cinnamon donut and lemon custard for dessert – yummo. We sat opposite
a couple from Perth, Ian and Pamela, who had owned a Toyota franchise in Perth
and knew the owner of Clintons Toyota in Campbelltown Sydney (Mario) – who
happened to live on the water in Dolans Bay. It was an entertaining night of
conversation.
The next morning we treated
ourselves to scones, jam and cream and coffee, with a home-made Bullara sausage
roll – all delicious! We spent the afternoon relaxing, reading and planning our
next stays.
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