Friday 28 July 2017

80 Mile Beach Day 2 (Bean)

It's 1.30 pm and the sky is blue and temperature quite warm. We are sitting in the shade of BT basically doing nothing. (Well, Al is reading and I'm doing this). Slept well last night. Although there is a big generator going 24 hrs the wave sound is more dominant when the tide is in. We had a glass of wine on the beach at sunset. So did lots of other people. But then that's Australia.
As is the case in much of the NW at this time of year it is quite busy here. The shore fishing is the main activity. We decide to partake in people watching and airing our insightful  opinions to each other.

Speaking of the tide, which I think I was a moment ago. It doesn't just go out here it completely 'buggers off' as is one description. About 1km out. The amount and range of shells are quite fascinating. We are collecting what seems to be all of them.

This morning as Al went for her run and I thought briefly about my own fitness ( I think I dozed off again though) I decided to hit the beach early and watch the shore critters do their thing as the tide had vanished. I've got a few photos that I intend to go through you count this as an early warning.

I will try now to post a couple of iPhone pics. This was this morning. Beach almost to myself!

A very nice tipple despite the sand:


Our shell collection is growing:

Here we are:


Oh and we had Ice Cream ( not sure why the capital letters but ah well) for lunch. Salad is hard to come by around here.

It has been mentioned that some sort of map reference would be useful as we move. This is the best I can muster so far:


Also I forgot to mention that both Karratha and Port Headland were fascinating places despite the huge gas, oil, etc etc works there. A very different type of place.

Now to see how long/if this publishes or not.