Another hour further south on the
Great Northern Highway, we turned west for 13kms to arrive at Cape Keraudren.
We had been informed by a few travellers at 80 Mile Beach that the best place
to camp was along the creek, so we veered left at the first turn off and nabbed
a spot with awesome, uninterrupted views to the beach. What a beautiful spot!
The afternoon was perfect. No wind
and a warm 27 degrees, we spent the afternoon strolling along the beach and
inlet gathering beautiful shells. We had two great finds – 2 large yellow,
spiral cone shells that we didn’t think existed anymore on beaches. We also
unearthed many sea cake shells – white muffin shaped shells with beautiful
patterns on top. We collected a bag to bring home. After also collecting ample
firewood, we were again invited over to the neighbour’s van (Judy and Ian from
Melbourne) for pre-dinner drinks. The majority of people we have camped
alongside have been so super friendly and are always keen to catch up over a
drink and hear tales of your travels.
The next morning we had a lovely
long lie in the BT, looking out the window at the water, while snug and cosy
inside as the wind blew outside. At mid-morning we decided we needed some
exercise and so headed off for a walk. We ended up walking over 10kms – all
around the headland, across the rock pools at low tide and back along the
beach. We saw several octopus and sea slugs, being careful not to tread on any
(we kept our crocs on the whole time while in the water as also conscious of
stone fish).
That evening we shared more drinks
and stories with Judy & Ian, had a raging beach camp fire and slept soundly
to the crash of waves.
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