We woke to the sound of waves breaking on the beach. Actually we hardly slept because of the waves breaking on the beach. At least when you are camped beside the road you have a break between trucks. After brekkie we packed up camp and headed further up the sandy track to the tip of Cape Peron and onto Skipjack Point. From the height of the cliffs we were able to see rays and fish swimming in the beautiful clear water. We remembered the binoculars this time and were rewarded when a dugong showed up for a quick smackeral of sea grass. After spending some time gazing at this amazing vista we made our way back down the track slipping and sliding through the deep sand and shaking through the corrugations. We stopped at the homestead and visited the hot spring.
We will leave Monkey Mia for another time.
Shell Beach in this area is unique as it is only 1 of 2 in the world made up of millions of tiny cockle shells which have adapted to live in the high salinity water. These shells are up to 10m deep and stretch across 120km and are harvested for use as bird & animal Ca++ supplements.
As we departed the area, we wound down our windows at the quarantine grid to hear recordings of barking dogs. These recordings are used in an attempt to deter feral cats from entering the Peron Peninsula and are triggered when you cross the grid. The kids laughed for ages.
We camp along the track at Nerren Nerren.
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