According to Larry, today is the first day of our holiday as he isn’t doing a half day of work and isn’t anywhere near Newman. Unfortunately Larry’s tired brain last night didn’t remember he was on holiday today so we were reminded of Larry’s usual work day routine when his alarm went off at 4.30am! Suffice to say it won’t be happening again!!
We dozed on until it was light and then enjoyed looking out at our surrounds which we hadn’t seen arriving in the dark. We noticed that the grass is a lot higher than the first time we stayed here when we were out in paddocks in a sea of cow pats. No chance of that now and all the vans were on the gravel roads and by-ways.
We had a leisurely coffee and breakfast but our early awakening plus the very limited pack up required with the van still hitched meant we were driving away by 7.45am!
We had a leisurely drive up the coast and would have had brilliant fuel economy except for the fact that it was howling a gale and overcast and rainy – not what we were expecting at all! A quick stop at Pardoo roadhouse to partake of their facilities and then trundled on to Eighty Mile Beach and the caravan park. We saw lots of vans heading out as we got there at check out time so we weren’t panicked about not being able to get a spot (Eighty Mile CP being one of those places you can’t book ahead) and sure enough, we got a powered site and set up on a nice grassy spot under a tree. A very cloudy and windy day so lucky we don’t have to worry about solar power for the next couple of days.
We had a leisurely set up and then wandered up and down the rows of vans checking them out. There are a lot of vans here from all over Australia and everything from old Jaycos to a top of the line Zone and lots of big vans towed by big Cruisers and RAMS. Larry only turned a little green at some of the set ups and was a little too gleeful about one bloke who was having trouble unhitching his brand new Cruiser from his brand new 22 foot Crusader.
We headed back to the van for lunch of toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches with the Onion Jam that Jen had squirreled away months ago for just such an occasion and they were really yummy. Why does food always taste that much better when you are on holiday? We also had a cup of soup each as the weather looks so wintery today (even though the temperature is still shorts and t-shirt weather).
After a suitable length of chilling out we went for a drive along the beach and marvelled at the size of the beach when the tide is out. Got out and wandered down to the shore line checking out all the tiny sea creatures left behind in the puddles and collecting shells etc. Larry tested out his new Go-Pro in the car and along the beach and Jenny, influenced by her friend Karen who always takes amazing photos and looks for interesting perspectives, tried to do same (and probably failed miserably!)
Back to the van and spent the rest of the afternoon getting the blog started and fiddling around with van related things. Steak and salad for dinner tonight and hopefully the weather will improve tomorrow, the wind will drop and the fish will bite!
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