We
travelled with our new friends Len and Heather and their grandson
Josh towards Broome but after a days driving pulled into a reasonably
nice rest area. There were lots of other vans there too, some looked
like they were staying longer than just the night. But not us, we
were here just for the night.
We
set up next to each other and someone made a little campfire for us
to cook our dinner on. We all sat together under a pergola eating
dinner.
When
Molly had finished she was wandering around us and suddenly announces
that she saw a shooting star. We do the usual “oh aren't you
lucky”, “did you make a wish?” noises at her.
Rasmus
also looks up to see what she sees. He is so excited by what he
sees. “Wow! Come and see this!”. I think he is just over doing
the excitement for Molly's sake so I remain seated eating my dinner.
He gets even more agitated and the others start to move over to have
a look. I am still sitting wondering what all the fuss is about as
the shooting star would have been long gone.
Finally,
I can't resist Rasmus' exertions anymore and get up to have a look.
There
is in fact a huge shooting star making its way across the sky. It
goes on for ages before it disappears over the horizon. It was quite
a spectacular sight and in the morning Rasmus checks his social
network portals and discovers the same star had been seen as far away
as Sydney here and here!
I
am glad my skepticism didn't make miss the display, although I was
ribbed about my slow reaction time mercilessly for the rest of the
night.
25th-27th
June
Barnhill
Station
We
arrived at this stop quite early in the morning which is unusual for
us. Len and Heather are a good influence so we got an early start.
The road in was a 10km sandy track with about 1000 gates to open and
close! Well, it felt like 1000. It was me who had to keep getting
in and out of the car to tend to the ruddy things.
We
paid for our camping spot and were luckily enough to be able to set
up next door to our new best friends even though the park was quite
busy. Setting up a nice communal area in between us both to do our
daily living.
There
were a lot of grey-nomads at this place who had set themselves up for
the winter. Complete with bowling green and tournaments. They know
how to live :o)
As
for us, we preferred the beach.
They
had a 6 meter tide which exposed this amazing set of rock pools. The
kids spent hours combing the beach for interesting...and not so
interesting...shells. Molly discovered the cowrie shell with Heather
and had heaps collecting millions of them.
Ben
had a terrific experience when he managed to view the very moment a
Hermit crab swapped from one shell to another. It happens so
quickly; within seconds. Lucky boy. He named the crab Julie, after
his mum who had given the said crab his new home.
The
receding tide also revealed big coral pools filled with sponges and
snake like fish nestled with in them. A big rock formation was a
cool spot for a private swimming basin and playing house with
hermit crabs, Brittle Star and Fan Worms. The boys had a ball.
We
weren't able to swim at the beach as there was the every present
warning of sharks and crocs so the fossicking was a great way to pass
the time.
The
boys gathered a big bucket of hermit crabs and brought them back to
the camp site to observe their behaviour, very scientific. However,
very much my little boys when it was revealed that they would not be
coming with us on our trip. Lots of tears and emotional moments as
they were returned from whence they came :o(
Rasmus
took a walk on the beach in the afternoon and managed to capture
another spectacular sunset. This time arranged artistically between
some rocks.
The
rest of our time was spent in practice for a special competition
coming up, The Sitting around Doing Nothing Cup 2012!!
I
did do some baking and tired my hand at a new recipe, Cinnamon Bread.
Thanks to Camilla Plum, my new fav TV cook, my baking skills
reputation is spreading far and wide. At least to Portland where
Heather & Len live. They thought it tasted pretty good!
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