Well, when Penny and I go for an adventure we always go above and beyond.
Sat 1.45pm we finished work and left Peppimenarti with another couple , Rob and Selena, and headed to the coast.
The track out there is quite scenic with recent fires bringing new life back to the bush. After an hour and a half we arrived at our destination. The spot was on a small cliff overlooking the coast. There is an old humpy which made for a great camp area for our tent while Selena and Rob had their roof top tent.
The view from our campsite
You can see the humpy where we are setup.
Some pics from the drone.
With camp all setup, the fire was made and we all sat back and enjoyed the view and afternoon sea breeze. Sunday morning and I was up early. Walking out of your tent to a view up the coast was hard to take. Penny and I decided to do some exploring and headed up the coast on another track to a river that enters the sea. We could only travel so far and with the tide out it would take awhile to walk to the river so we headed back and decided to hit the beach.
The beach area near the river mouth.
We drove onto the beach and parked just under the cliffs where we were camping. A casual stroll along the rocky outcrop and throwing a few lures produced nothing. We headed back to the car and decided to continue our drive down the beach.
The cliff area below our camp.
With the sand hard it was an easy drive ducking in and out of the headlands exploring and then it happened. A wrong line and poor judgement we stopped dead in the sand.
5 mins before the fun started.
I jumped out of the car and sank to my knees in sloppy mud / sand. Well, the swear words just started pooring out of my mouth. With no shovel, I started trying to get the mud away from the tyres but we were stuck to the axels.
I looked up and you guessed it the tide turned and was on its way in. The water was 20 mtres away and I had no choice but to walk quickly back along the beach to grab Rob to pull me out.
So with a water bottle in one hand I started the 3.7klm walk quickly along the beach back to camp. Rob saw me on the beach and was ready to head off to get me out. We arrived just as Penny was taking as much gear out of the car as the tide had now reached the back tyres. Talk about cutting it fine.
We quickly hooked up the snatch strap and after 3 goes I was free. Talk about aging a person 100 years. We got back to camp and had some breakfast and started packing up. We really enjoyed the area and its a fantastic place.
The only pics after we got back to camp.
We decided to take another track to a spot further south of the main track, known as the old Barge landing. The tide was high and we parked on the road this time while I went down to the water and tried my luck. After a few lure changes that produced nothing I tried an old metal lure I have had for 20 years and bingo I got slammed by 2 good size salmon, one after another. The next cast I got it snagged and lost it.
So with 2 fresh fish in the fridge we headed back home. A weekend adventure we will both never forget but we have found a couple of great places to camp out when we want a break.
Mark
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