Time to pack up again, but this time we are headed north up to Kalumburu. It will be interesting to see what it is like north of here as this is the furthest that we have been before.
The King Edward River campground has been greatly improved since we were here back in 2005, by the next time we come through the new toilets will have been competed and the new section of the campground opened. It is really nice, each site has a fire ring and is mowed. There are single sites and sites were you can have multiple campers/vans.
All packed up and we head north. Some of the road was good and some of it not so good. Some of it was no more than a goat track.
We got to Kalumburu and as it was midday on Sunday everything was shut and locked up tight, so any attempt we made to pay the permit was fruitless. This is definitely an aboriginal mission settlement. The biggest building was the police station.
So without being able to get a permit we decided to head on out to Honeymoon Bay and try and pay the permit up there.
When we arrived at Honeymoon Bay the owner took our fees for camping and when we asked how we could pay for the permit he told us that we could pay the access permit next year (with a smile on his face). He then told us we could camp up on the top of the hill near the house or we could go and camp down on the beach.
Well could you see us camping up near the house when we could camp on the beach. No way, so we headed on down to the beach, and we found a nice little spot and pulled up stumps for the day.
Well I have been to some pretty beaches in my life, and this is right up there. Spectacular.
After we had set up camp, we sat down and relaxed chasing the shade but enjoying the beautiful breeze. We then went for a walk along the beach as the sun was setting. What a truely spectacular place to be and the sunset was magic. The colours up here are just magic and no camera will ever capture what the human eye can see. You will just have to come and see it for yourself :D :D
When we did eventually go to bed we left all of the windows open and watched the ocean and moon from inside as it was almost a full moon and everything was lit up by moonlight.
Rena went to sleep watching the stars and the moon. It really doesnt get much better than this.
(All that was wrong with up here was the midgies, definitely need to bring the triple strength aeroguard up here and spray it before 4pm, ignoring that and it is almost paradise)
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