We have been excited about 80 Mile Beach for some time now. Apparently the salmon are huge, and if you get one onto the beach without a shark taking it is a miracle. It is time for our appalling fishing tradition to come to an end!
After leaving Karratha we stopped at Whim Creek for lunch. It was a cool place with a good pub lunch. There was lots of history here from mining in the area over the years and from cyclone damage some years ago when the pub was nearly levelled!
After a stopover at Pardoo Roadhouse we made it to 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park. Spectacular views of coastline and ocean had us very excited as we approached the caravan park which turned out to be huge! We met up with a family with a TrakShak similar to ours. We spent pretty much the next couple of days together as they have kids the same age as ours.
I’m happy to report that the highlight of our stay was the fishing. Each afternoon both families would drive along the beach, past hundreds of other fishermen. Everyone had been waiting for the high tide. We got some good size salmon on both days. The kids just mucked around and occasionally held onto a rod. Everyone loved it.
On Wednesdays and Sundays 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park hold a market. The kids from both families rummaged through their and their parents belongings to see what they could sell. The markets were huge with 6 stalls! The kids stall made $21.50 which is hard to divide by 6 so it was topped up to $24.00. Jodi didn’t want Jack’s Swans wrist band sold so she had to buy it back!
Our next stop was Barnhill Station. Basically it was bush camping with amenities under the stars – just what we like. Our new best friends from 80 Mile Beach were there for the same days as us so we were all very happy. We did heaps of swimming and a spot of uneventful fishing, but enjoyed it all the same.
This is the campsite of David, Kelly, Fraser (10), Finlay (8) and Rafferty (5).
Check out Ruby and Raff:
Next stop Broome…
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