Quandong Beach

After a very relaxing week  in Broome (civilisation) we heading out to free camp on Quandong Beach, which is about 50kms north of Broome.

 

Surprisingly it was quite busy and it took us a little while to find a suitable campsite.  We found a good spot right on the edge of the beach.

We spent the afternoon at the beach, however the girls didn’t stay in too long as they were worried about jellyfish, especially Abi as the current stings she had on her arm were still a little sore.  

Therefore most of the time on the beach was spent in the rocks looking for hermit crabs.  This also rolled into the activity for the following morning.  The girls (and Brad) were loving finding all the hermit crabs in the rock pools directly in front of our campsite.

 

The following afternoon we went for a drive to explore the area (and get away from the guy camped next to us who kept coming over for a chat – fancy being kms from anywhere and having to go for a drive to get away from someone lol). 

Brad spotted a sandy path up a very high sand dune that he just had to try to get up.  He put the tyre pressures down even further and made the fast paced launch up the sand dune.  We didn’t make it up.  Bigger run up.  We didn’t make it.  As you can imagine, Brad would not be beaten and was determined to get up.  Bigger, faster run up (my eyes close, girls loving it), we made it.

We then drove around on the sand and Brad made me get out of the car and video him cruising on the sand.  When I got back we headed a little closer to the water when…….

We got bogged!  As Brad was a good boy scout, he was prepared for such a situation and was able to get out fairly easily, with the help of us girls (they collected all the sticks around and I helped dig).  He dropped the tyre pressures further again (10psi), dug out the wheels and placed all the sticks under the tyres for traction.  It was the first time the shovel had come off the roof in 10,000 kms.

To celebrate the good effort, we all had a quick dip in the water and they headed back to camp.  On the way out, Brad stopped to talked to 2 guys who told him they were unable to get up the dune in their Patrol.  Brad gave the Ranger a little pat lol

The wind had really picked up and the van was shaking about.  It was hard to pull in the awning when we were packing up.  Once we had packed up we headed back to Broome for supplies and start our trek south.