Rossco's WA Trip

[Rossco]

Headed south through Cape Range NP stopping at Turquoise Bay for a snorkel and Yadie Creek to have a walk up the Gorge. Saw a few black footed rock wallabies but are pretty eluisive shy little buggers. . .







Turned around for photographic purposes lol . . .



Timed it well with low tide and is shallow as otherwise you drive through pure salt water. .



Stopped at Boat Harbor Bay for lunch just south of Yardie Ck which was an awesome spot. . . Can camp there too.



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[Rossco]

Drive through to Coral Bay was very pleasant . . .



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Camed in a little hidey hole in the dunes. Pissed down with rain and blew a gale in the night. . .

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[Cuppa]

I reckon you may have got lucky at Yardie Ck, when we were there for a week the lowest water was at least up to the top of the wheels at every low tide. If we head to there from the south, (& I think we might after seeing your pics) & levels are like you got I'd have no qualms about crossing & continuing northward through Cape Range NP.

Just showed your pics of the crossing to MrsTea who immediately commented "There'd have been no entertainment value in watching if the level had been down like that"

[Rossco]

Yeah sounds like we were pretty lucky with Yadie speaking to a few others sounds like it is up a bit more. Wouldn't have been keen to go though if it were any deeper and salty. . .

Anyways back in Denham now after spending some time in Francious Peron NP, Steep Point area and Dirk Hartog Island. . . man this is a beutiful part of the world. . . .





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Went to Monkey Mia also which I was expecting to be worse, as in touristy, but was a lot better than expected. Timed it well although there were a few people wasn't too bad the dolphins came in for a second feeding just as we got there, even got picked to give one a fish . . .

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[Rossco]

Luckily Francious Peron NP was reopened after the rain so headed in and camped at Big
Lagoon for a couple of nights. .

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Went for a walk around and then through the Lagoon to the ocean. . . Massive Cormorant rookery between the Lagoon and ocean. . .Heeeaps of goats around too. . .

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[Rossco]

Headed up to the north and stayed at Gregories camp for a few nights . . . Pretty amazing up here is just like the Simpson desert meets beutifull ocean. .

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[Rossco]

Hot Tub was open too @ Francious. . . Pretty damn hot around 40 degrees. . .



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[Rossco]

Headed over to Dirk Hartog Island on the barge after staying the night on Shelter Bay. . .

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Pretty awesome place, the only thing is some of the corrugations are a bit of a shocker but it's worth it, not to much riff raff over there. . .

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Tough life lol, someone's gotta do it I guess . . .

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[Rossco]

Lighthouse @ Cape Inscription named after the inscription on a pewter plate left by Dirk Hartog the first european to set foot on Australian soil in 1616. . .

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Coast typical of the north of the island, pretty rugged and beutiful. . .

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Heaps of old turtle eggs on appropriately named turtle bay which is one of the largest breeding areas in Australia. Camped up here a couple of nights. . .

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Remains of of an old tramway and winch used to build the Lighthouse in 1916 (circa). . . Was also a 70m jetty back in the day.

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[Rossco]

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Mystery Bay on the west side covered in flotsom & jetsom. Pretty sad that even in the most remote places you can't escape the impact of humans. . . The day before spent waking the around the north picking up bits of rubbish as we went, pretty futile on this beach lol . . .

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Nearly stepped on these buggers. Thought they were plastic till they started moving. . . Figured out they were sea snakes and didn't quite look happy so returned them home, must have got a bit carried away in the swell. Later figured out they were Olive sea snakes.

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Blowholes on the south west of the island. . .

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Camped near the barge to head back in the morn . . .

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