Day 80 - Samson Point

Went to the Camp Kitchen to Book for 80 Mile Beach, could only get unpowered, which is fine. Rang around Broome, out of 4 parks I managed to get the last site. Can't believe it is so hard to get into Parks at this time of year.

Called into Reception and picked up a Fishing Map, so off we went. Down to the Boat Harbour which had a few rock groins which looked ok, Wayne walked out to the end and I sat at some table and chairs in the shade and called Sandy and Alex for catch up chats. Nice breeze thank goodness as their were monster sand flies.

Heaps of bait moving around, a few schools of good sized mullet and Wayne spotted 2 massive Queenies, not feeding so no fish for us.

Drove out to Cossack which is a little Heritage town about 15km from Samson Point, didn't know what to expect but it was a lovely place, similar to Silverton. Had an estuary running out to sea and a few islands out front, lots of old buildings, well marked boards describing the history. Good lookout over Settlers Beach and out to Jarman Island.

I did some research on Cossack and the Art Gallery/Gift Shop has been closed down due to an argument with the ppl running everything and the Government. However, there must of been an event happening this weekend as there were a heap of Porta Loos lined up and a truck unloading sound equipment.

On the way back to town went over Popes Nose Bridge which had water running over a causeway which looked very 'fishy'. I stayed in the car, no breeze and lots of Sand Flies. Unfortunately no fish but looked good.

Went to the Tavern for a late lunch - left overs for dinner. Lovely view over the Town Beach, lots of people enjoying the good food and atmosphere. Wayne discovered a loose Upper Control arm on the drivers side, so spent some time trying to book into a mechanic in Broome to check it out.

The Tavern had free Wifi which was handy, wish I had known that yesterday. Went back to camp and listened to the neighbour learning to cook curried fish on rice, as I said, ppl don't realise or don't care about their volume.Read more