Wind, wind and more wind for the last 2 days, straight off the water, then off the land. No shelter, no facilities - you have got to love camping!
It's not all bad though, as Denis caught a lovely big Golden Trevally which was shared one night for tea and Doug entertained us once more with his hijinks. Well to be honest it was Elaine, more than Doug, but all the same it happened when they we both out together exploring the 4wd tracks at Bushy Bay. Going over a salt pan the first time the car got through, but on coming back down she went into the quagmire of black squishy sand. Elaine hitched a ride back to camp to get some help to tow them out, so Paul went down, but he also on a different path, got bogged.
Rob just happened to be on the radio to see what was happening and heard the cry for "help, we're all bogged, can you come and get us out!" So, after sorting out which car to take ( they were getting limited now), Rob took his car. On arriving to the pitiful site of 2 cars bogged, Rob tied onto Paul's unit and dragged him out quite easily, then it was on to Doug's car, a bit messier.
After all snatch straps and the winch were used it was time to drag Doug's car out and believe me it took several goes to be able to get it on clear ground. Black mud was the new look on everyone's feet, snatch straps etc and not even soap would remove the revolting stuff. Rob literally had to exfoliate his with sand to come clean.
After all these shenanigans, we went to 14 mile beach to camp for a few days. Nice water just below the Ningaloo reef, but with not many fish to be had, no services, wind, and swimming was limited due to tiger sharks - well we think we will continue onto Exmouth via Coral Bay for a look and then find a camp more inland away from the water for a while and let the wind die down. The locals tell us we will have the wind on the coast up until net Friday, so fishing is a bit useless at present.
My lovely husband had bought me a nice cappuccino now, so I'll sign off. Stay tuned for the next instalment, hopefully without inclement weather.
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