Last day in Broome and then heading south

Well as I told you in the last blog, we went down to Cable Beach and parked on the beach to watch the camels heading off with their passengers for their sunset ride. There are three companies who do camel rides on the beach. Apparently quite recently they had a falling out and came to blows on the beach. So off to court they went and the judge said that from now on they were not to come within 150 metres of each other. So now they all leave from different areas of the beach. They all wear different colours and never even look at one another.

Red camel train on the move

Cars on Cable Beach watching the sunset

Cruise boat, kayaker and a wave on Cable Beach

Blue camel train ready to go

We then headed to Barn Hill Station which is about 130km south of Broome. Barn Hill is a working cattle station which runs 8000 head of cattle for the live export market. It is 43,000 acres and stretches 85km along the coast between Broome and Port Hedland. It is right on Eighty Mile Beach and they have set aside a huge area to accommodate all sorts of caravans, motorhomes, campervans, tents etc. They bake fresh bread and rolls, vanilla slices, lamingtons, pizzas each day. It is a great spot. We are camped in the unpowered with generator area. It is a big camp site and from our awning and back window, you look straight out on to the Indian Ocean.
The sunsets are fantastic with beautiful red sky just after the sun has gone down.

We walk down to the beach each day. The sand stretches for miles and the rock formations are extraordinary.

We have had a young family beside us for the last couple of days who also have a Bushtracker. They are from Newcastle and have sold up and have been travelling around Australia all of this year. They are heading north towards Broome.

Last night about 6.30pm I was on the way back from the toilet using the torch as there are no lights. I saw a movement near my feet and quickly jumped sideways. It was a small snake and he wasn't too happy to see me. I called out to a man in a tent nearby and he came over to have a look. It was a whip snake, which is only small but venomous. He touched its tail to see what colour it was underneath and its head reared up angrily. We left it to go on its way and I decided for the rest of the toilet visits I would be very careful where I walked.

This morning after breakfast I was just looking out to sea when I saw whales blowing and breaching. They were quite a way out to sea but you could see them quite well through the binoculars. Mother and calves have started their journey down the coast back to cooler waters after giving birth in the warmer waters to the north, so we expect to see more as we head south.

Today is Saturday and we leave on Monday to head down to Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park for a couple of nights and then to Pardoo Station which is nearer to Port Hedland. We are not staying in Port Hedland as it is too expensive, about $65 a night for a powered carvan site. We are heading out to Indee Station which is on the Great Northern Highway and from there we will head back into Port Hedland for the day. We have been told there isn't much of a signal between here and Port Hedland so hopefully when we get to Indee Station there will be a signal and I can keep you up to date with our adventures.