I went back to my favourite spot - again. Boat Harbour. It's in between Jerramungup and Albany.
As much as I love this spot, but it's time to look around. There's lots of WA coast to be seen.
Trip Report – Boat Harbour – Christmas 2011
Day 1 almost went to plan – had the truck pre-loaded the day before with all the essentials
First major catastrophe…….I was travelling along a gravel section, minding my own business and, whammo – thong blow out!!! You know, the things you wear on your feet. I managed to keep my feet on course, but the expletives are too graphic to repeat on this Forum.
I stopped in at the local tank stand and filled up my water supply.
I got to my destination and set up by myself. It didn’t help by being 35 degs either. By then it was dinner time, so a quick bite to eat then bed.
The double bed mattress is about 20cm short, so I put some ‘packing; at the end and put my pillow on top of that, which gave me just that bit extra room for my long legs
The view looking out from the annex/bedroom. lol. We got that flywire stuff that you can see out but can’t see in. Night time is a different story. Lol
The missus and dog arrived for the last week. I was bored so we went for a drive to Cape Riche. Spectacular colours of water.
Washing day………I did a bit of hand washing
Socks, jocks and thong. LOLOLOL
Sorry people, I had to bring the genny for this creature comfort item.
The wife’s dog. Note to self….Remove dog from rear recovery point before driving off.
I nearly jagged a Tojo without even trying. Saw them bogged on the beach for ages, so I decided I’d teach them a lesson. Didn’t unhook the troll, but trudged down the beach with my Maxtrax. Lucky for them, they got it out. Damn. The driver wasn’t keen on a pic of a troll snatching a Tojo, either. lol
After nearly a week of wet weather, the sun decided to turn up – but the fish didn’t. The beach was full of seaweed. I caught a couple of fish, but nothing to brag or tell about.
Home time……. I’m never gunna sneak home to get more stuff. Man, it was as full as, but my truck held really well on the road home. Lol
It’s amazing how you improvise to get results. It was about a 50k round trip to refill with water, but during the rain, I dipped the annex and caught the water. Saved me an extra day’s worth of water.
I learnt from my last experience to dig your drains – before it rains! Lol.
I saw some beach driving that would be excellent training vids – not (???).
1. Nissan Patrol 4.2 TDi ute towing a camper got 50m onto a beach and let his tyres down. Travelled a bit further and got bogged again, then again. The sad part about it was that it was ‘snatched by another Nissan – from the tow ball.
2. Mazda Bravo ute, snatched by a Toyota Ute – from the tow ball.
3. 2 x Toyotas preparing for the next ‘Oh what a feeling’, Yota add. Man, they were cowboys!!
4. Two campers decided to set up camp in the dry part of the estuary – where it meets the ocean. After my quick chat to advise them that it’d seen that part underwater twice in the past 2 weeks, they moved. I’m still shaking my head. One was a local… Shame, shame shame!!!!
Unbelievable!
From what I’ve seen, it’s Forums like this one that promote responsibility and safety. I can’t believe that with all the fatalities and injuries involving tow balls, people are still using them to tow/snatch off.
Anyway, it was short and sweet. I was going to keep a diary, but I do enough paperwork in my job, so I just sat back and embraced the environment and let the fish grow a bit bigger. Lol.
And here I am…….in the flesh. I’ve been working on my tan, slowly, since about September.
Take care out there.
Rossco
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