The next day I took the opportunity of a bit of free time to adjust the wheel bearings on the camper and the Patrol. The parts for the leaking water tank arrived also which made for a quick fix.
We then went off exploring with the other family to Somerset and the 5 beaches run, after stopping at the Croc Tent for some shirts. We were told if the tides are low you can do 7 beaches and they were also quite firm in telling us that the secret beach is a locals secret spot and not to tell anyone the location. The beaches were amazing and the place full of history. On the way back we took a shortcut track and called into Lake Wicheura which is supposed to be full of crocs. We drove around a bit after winching the Hilux out again and found a couple of mudslides but didnt see a croc.
Lake Wicheura
Next morning I went fishing with the Hilux bloke in his tinny affectionately named "The Teaspoon" as it was about 2.7m long with a 15hp on it. We went out and around Wroonga Point trolling some big lures. I hooked onto a decent sized shark, probably around 2m or so but that was it. On the way back to the beach we spotted what we believe to be Gary eating a very large sea turtle up ahead of us. We tried to keep our distance and lost sight of him for about 5 minutes and we sat there like sitting ducks! Then we spotted him again about 150m behind us finishing his meal. We thought he may not be full yet and didn't feel comfortable with him looking for seconds, so we high tailed it back to land. I'll never forget the sight of the size of his jaws lifting the turtle up out of the ocean! HUGE!
Wroonga Point Fishing Sunrise
We eventually packed up and left the other family & Punsand to join the others at their beach camp for a couple of days. We had a great time. We dug a pool for the kids in the sand at low tide, road the quad around, ate oysters till we were sick of them, taught the boy some chaisaw skills, and laughed at the Germans building a roof rack for the Triton out of scraps and rubbish washed ashore, after their original rack had fell off twice already lol. The only thing they bought was 4 big long bolts which went through the roof and the racks to bolt everything together. German engineering at its best lol.
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