Eighty Mile Beach

We spent four nights camped at Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park, situated on a station. The afternoon we arrived the temperature was around 40 degrees C - it's such a shock to the system coming out of a lovely air conditioned car. After setting up camp we eagerly walked down to the beach for a swim to cool off.... but the water temperature was like a hot bath :(

Although the water was a lovely colour, you couldn't see your feet when you were in up to your knees... because of the water temperature and our fear of what else was in the water (fishermen were catching small reef sharks) - swimming didn't become our favourite activity here.



The kids spent most of the day under the sprinklers with other kids, which were watering the grassed areas - until they found the water truck...



All we can say is "thank goodness for powered sites and air conditioners!"

We collected some of the most amazing shells I've ever seen before - sea dollars, cake urchins, murex, balers, and trumpets. A lady we met named Janet, saw how keen the kids were and she collected them some big shells too.

On ANZAC day they had a market at the caravan park with stalls held by the visitors. Daniel was so keen for a quick buck he got out his guitar and began busking in the hope of getting $1.80 for an icy pole from the store... he was chuffed when he got $2.80 and a hat for just over half an hours work - $1 more than he'd been hoping for. The funny thing is he walked up to the store then came back saying he'd changed his mind. It's alot harder to spend hard earned cash than money your parents have given you to spend!

Again we were looking to the skies.... and saw the most amazing sun rise.