Day 75 - Quobba Station

Woke to a perfect day, not a cloud in the sky and no wind - finally. Headed off to Red Bluff about 60km north but still on the Station property.

Heaps of Goats along the way this time, last time they had just culled them.
Came over the hill into the Bay and just beautiful, the sea was dark blue, no white caps, whales leaping out of the water, what more could you ask for? Fish of course....

The Camp ground runs along the beachfront, it's pretty random, it is run by and for Surfers and hippies, there is a small shack that sells icecream and cold drinks plus a lady does massages from her 'house'. Not many oldies around so you feel out of place.

Walked around the end of the beach on the rocks and Wayne had a fish while I watched the Whales playing. He caught 2 Spangled Emperor which went back to their parents, fun getting them up out of the water over the reef.

The beaches here don't have weed like down south so they are all clean, lots of rocks and ledges. There were about 10 guys out surfing, a small catamaran sailing around, a jet ski wave jumping and a tinny coming back from fishing, heaps to see out in the bay.

Drove to the other end of the beach and Wayne did some beach fishing while I had a swim....first one for the trip, the water was so good, bit rough though, knocked me over a couple of times, loved it, in my happy place.

Sat in the sun watching the waves roll in and noticed a couple of dark shapes cruising along the shore, yep 2 bronze whalers just where I had been swimming. I guess I wasn't appetising....

Headed back to Van, took a slight detour down a rocky track next to the Mine Road which leads to Cape Curvier, Wayne used to read articles in fishing magazines about the huge fish caught there but got taken over by the Mine so no admittance, this spot looks over to the mine site.

Spotted a road that lead down to the rocks below, drove part way down but the track had been washed away, spoke to a young guy who was walking down to go fishing, he agreed it looks like a great spot, which is protected from wind and surf. We have extended another night to come back tomorrow to fish.

Went up to the Blow Holes to watch the sunset. Came back and set up the fire pit in our little camp.もっと詳しく