HEADING SOUTH – BROOME TO KARIJINI NP

Once we filled up the fridge, car and beer fridge in Broome, we were off again.

BARN HILL STATION

We arrived at Barn Hill Station, which is a cattle station with a caravan park set up along the coastline of the property, we had some lunch and headed to the beach for a swim.  The rock formations along the coast were amazing, and then they just dropped off to a lovely sandy beach.  It was a good little stop.

We stayed unpowered and picked a spot at the end of the park which had heaps of privacy, while the powered sites were grassy, our spot was better due to the privacy we had.  Toilets and showers weren’t great but more than adequate.

Brad had read on Wikicamps that they made the best vanilla slices, so on the way out we had vanilla slices, and they were good.

80 MILE BEACH

We pulled into 80 Mile Beach caravan park and decided to just stop for a play on the beach and lunch, then keep moving.  The beach was so long and covered with white sand and thousands of shells.  The girls collected so many shells and decided they would make jewellery from them.

PARDOO STATION

We stayed the next 2 nights at another cattle station, Pardoo Station.  The caravan park area had nice green grassy sites and the facilities were great.  I was able to catch up on a bit of washing.

We drove out on the 4wd tracks to check out the beach area.  Unfortunately they weren’t as good as we had been use to.  It was all rocky and not much sand.  However we did find some awesome shells to add to the girls’ collection.  It didn’t bother them as there was a swimming pool which they had all to themselves to go crazy in.

PORT HEDLAND

We stopped in at Port Hedland for a bacon and egg breakfast, as requested by Paige, and saw some huge ships loading iron ore in the dock.  We bumped into a couple that we had met in Broome who had been to Karijini National Park and said it was well worth the trip inland for the gorges, so we stocked up again and decided to check it out rather than head down the coast.