Anna Plains Station

Last night was the first night of our trip when I did not set an alarm. We decided it will be our last day of total relaxation before we hammer it back home -~2300km.
Kat got up before 5am - it was pitch black and little chilly. I must admit that last night we pulled out winter puff jackets…
I got up at 7am and started breaky duty. It was a lovely morning, we pre-planed our way home and although we were hoping to get there on SaturdayI don’t think we will make it. Let’s see how we go.
We just sat around, reading books when Helen briefly arrived to introduce herself. She told us that they have 18000 cows on just under 1 million acres. They only have they Brahmans although they also tried wagyu. The Brahmans tolerate the weather conditions the best. They cows share the paddock with some beautiful wild horses and they also have a few wild donkeys and a camel. It was nice to hear that they just leave the wild horses and donkeys be. She said that her and her husband took the lease on the land in 2007 and before them it was her husband’s parents who run the station. All the cows are for live export to Indonesia… it was funny when we talked about the size of the land as she said that one of her paddocks could accommodate for the size of New York City - gosh it is hard to imagine.
After she left we headed to the beach. It is only about 6km from here and even though I was a little nervous how I will drive over the sand dunes it was easy. The beach was something I personally have never seen in my life! It was magic! There was no end to it on either side. As per Mary’s instructions we were only allowed to go to our right so we did. Most of the campers were there already fishing from the beach. The water looked stunning, a little sandy at the beginning but then had azure colour, together with the blue sky we thought we are on some island 🏝. We went for a walk, the shells 🐚 were everywhere, all shapes, sizes and colours - some were huge and I had real difficulties not to smuggle them back home 😇. The Eastern European genes 🧬 were tested hahaha… thank goodness I had a west German with me otherwise the Ute would be loaded!
We even found some shell ice creams! We talked with a few fisherman who confirmed it was mostly salmon they catch but there are also other fish swimming around - she mentioned sharks, mantarays, sea snakes etc. She said this is definitely not a swimming beach with is so surprising as it was so inviting…After the walk we pitched our beach tent and were just lying there, watching the water, reading our books, drinking beer…. Until Kat spotted something in the water quite far away from us. So there came out the binoculars and after some analysis we thought that it was a few pods of dolphins 🐬 jumping and playing around. She then said she saw something else in the water and sure enough just about not even half meter from the beach was a small shark! The fins were sticking out 😱.
The tide was coming closer and closer so people started to pack up and the lady who we spoke a bit earlier offered us fresh fish. After admitting that we would not know what to do with it they offered to fillet it for us! - bloody good deal!
We headed back to the camp, hovered around for a little then headlined to the Hot Tub that was about 5km away. There was no one and the water was running out to the bush - it comes from bore that is 120m deep. It was really warm, too warm to be bathing in it on the hot day but even if we would want to try it we could not remove the pipe to fill the old water tank. We also heard quite a bit of shooting nearby and as Helen told us the Traditional owners of the land come here for hunting, so I guess it was them…
So we returned back to the camp and opted for a cold shower instead 😂. The fisherman lady also stopped by and gave us two fish fillets and some flour - she said it will be better to eat it tomorrow so we are keeping it for tomorrow’s dinner. Yummy….
Decided to go back to the beach for the sunset. The road was interesting, cows and wallabies were everywhere so had to take it really easy. The beach was nothing like what we have seen this morning. The tide was so low that we could hardly see where the water started. I put the drone in the air and flew it towards the water, it was 1.2km far away! The sunset was very hazy, it seemed like there must have been some fire. The colour was deep orange. The beach was totally deserted, we were the only people in this little paradise.
Kat just served some delicious dinner, I’m having a glass of red and Kat is ‘enjoying’ her cup of tea that I made her with love ❤️
We will pack up soon so we can have a smooth take off tomorrow morning. Czytaj więcej