After leaving Broome, we started driving south . Our first stop was a place called Port Smith, which is basically just a caravan park about 2 hours from Broome.
On the day we got there, we unpacked then drove out to the mud flats, where we played around in the mud. We then went back and did school work and by then it was pretty dark so we went to sleep.
On then next day we chilled and did some school work for a little bit. Then we went for another fishing adventure where we had to put our hands out the window to stop sticks from scratching the car, but we thought it was well worth it, or I thought it was well worth it, because I got some good shells!!! I think dad thought it was well worth it too because he caught lots of queen fish and kept two of them. Jai also had a good time trying to train crabs! It was great, oh and did I mention that we saw a few turtles as well? Shortly after, we had to go back for dinner.
That was our adventure at Port Smith.
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| getting muddy!! |
80 Mile Beach
We drove further south along the coast to Eighty Mile Beach. When we got there, Mum, Emma and I quickly had a look on the beach and of course collected shells, while Jai was catching up on school work. Emma and I then made picture frames with a few shells.
Early the next morning at about 5:30am dad was fishing and got nibbles on 1 rod , then when he turned around the other rod was almost in the surf, dragged in by a fish. He got the rod and reeled it in and it was a 1.10m Thread Fin Salmon and weeks later we still have a fridge full of fillets! We did school work until lunch and for lunch we went to the caravan park cafe, it was very nice. Soon after we took a drive on the beach to a creek, but it was low tide so it wasn’t any good for fishing. Instead we had a quick look for more shells then took off. Half way back we spotted some pop eyed mullet that dad wanted for bait so we stopped, got the bait, and at the same time spotted a pod of dolphins diving in the ocean. We also looked for more shells. It was sunset by then so we had to go back.
On our 3rd day we chilled, did school work, played with the Frisbee and played with some new friends we met. 80 Mile Beach was great, there were nice spacious and grassy sites, the park was right on the beach and I collected heaps of beautiful, colourful shells. I would like go back again.
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| a beautiful sunset |
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| this is all the shells I got |
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| This is the big boy!! |
Pardoo Station
Pardoo station is a working cattle station. When we got to Pardoo we went down to the mud flats then came back for a rib buffet for dinner. We did not leave any meat on the ribs, yum !
On the next day we went for a ride to Red Point to see what was there.There wasn’t much there. Later that day we went down to the mud flats again . Oh boy, Emma had the best time ever, making herself as muddy as possible. We had to wash our cloths in the water and hang them on the branch of a tree to dry. Some of Emma’s cloths didn’t make it, what a surprise !!! We then went back did some laps in the pool and warmed ourselves by the campfire.
Pardoo was a very nice place and everyone staying there was friendly.
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| look at her |
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| that was before she got muddy! |
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| There are the cattle |
Point Samson
On the way to Point Samson we surprisingly saw the Franke’s twice. We got there and were quite surprised because the caravan park was really nice. Well, the main reason we thought it was nice was because it had a games room with Foozball.
On our first day in Port Samson, we did school work, then went to a nearby town called Wickham. We took some pictures in front of HUGE trucks, we then went for a quick fish and saw an echidna.
The next day we headed down to Dampier, where we firstly went to a cafe for lunch and had Devonshire Tea! After that we went down to the beach to do some popper fishing (where the lure pops on top of the water) and accidentally hooked a sea gull (he was fine). We were trying to catch Long Toms. There was not much else to see in Dampier, so went back to the caravan park for another game of for Foozball!
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| Look how strong he is! |
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| Jai and his Ospray buddy |
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| ohhh! |
Albert Tognolini free camp
We tried to push to Karijini National Park, but we only got as far as a free camp called Albert Tognolini (which is about 30 minutes from the entrance to the national park). We got there quickly unpacked, made a fire, lit it while mum made omelettes, then warmed ourselves, and watched the sunset. The next day we packed up then headed of to Karijini.
Karijini National Park
We finally got to Karijini, unpacked and visited the information centre where we got work booklets. The work booklets had challenges and, if you completed the challenges you could earn a junior rangers badge. We then rode our bikes down to Dales Gorge and swam in Fern Pool. We liked Dales Gorge because it was beautiful and the water fall was warm. That is all we could fit in for that day!
On the other day that we had in Karijini, we walked through Kalamina Gorge, which was absolutely stunning. Last of all we did lower Weano Gorge into Hand Rail, it was amazing. It was a cave that you had to walk into, then there was a hand rail down to a big water hole and a water fall. Everyone in the family agreed that our favourite Gorge was lower Weano into Hand Rail.
That was our 2 days in Karijini, I am glad we went.
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| Climbing into Hand Rail |
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| Hand Rail |
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| this is my paridise! |
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| Cheeky little monkey!! |
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