After a very hectic day of getting organised we finally
left Canarvon and arrived at our next destination “Worroora Station”. As we arrived late we did not know if we
should visit the care takers before setting up camp but we decided that we should. The residence caretakers Lesley and Ross were fantastic and drove us to a camp spot
behind the dunes. We asked about camping on 14 mile beach and they told us that in a couple of days two spots would
be available.
The first day we had a swim down at the beach and we
watched a fisherman catch a decent size Golden Travelly off the beach. After swimming for a while the grey
nomads told everyone to get out due to the resident Tiger Shark coming in for a shore visit. The tiger shark also visited later on in the week while the kids were swimming and I very calmly got them out of the water.
The next day we got our camp spots on the beach where we
were to spend the next two weeks. We
quickly met all our neighbours and we all got along extremely well. The first night 3 of us girls sat on the
beach and had a few drinks and eventually the boys and the rest of the
neighbours joined us. This was the start
of unofficial sunset drinks and nibbles which continued every night for the
next 2 weeks. The kids also met many
friends and had lots of fun playing secret kids clubs, doing artwork and running around the sand dunes. Lachlan spent many hours practicing his handstands.
On a visit to Telstra Hill a message came through from
Tammy to say that they missed us and would like to come camping with us at Warroora. We arranged a beach camp site for them and
gave them a great welcoming party when they arrived. The next day was Russells birthday and had a
camp oven cake and evening birthday drinks with the neighbourhood.
We took a day trip into Coral bay and luckily for us it must have been the pick of the days with pristine waters and no wind. We all enjoyed a snorkel and the Spangled Emporer were swimming at our feet. We also enjoyed lunch and refreshing ale at the local pub. We watched the local fisherman fillet some huge red emporer that they had caught that day.
One day we went for a short drive to Turtle Rock - so named for obvious reasons. The kids enjoyed seeing the turtles bobbing up from time to time. We also snorkelled with the 3 huge turtles and some reef sharks at the lagoon.
Coral Bay
One night Ross and Lesley came to tell us all to batten
down the hatches due to a big storm coming through the station that night. We prepared ourselves as well as we could,
although we really didn’t know what was to come. Around 1.30 in the morning we woke to very
destructive winds and rain battering in the windows. The camper got fairly wet and we all ended up getting a very bad night sleep in mum and dad's bed. It was actually
quite scary but we had to be brave for the kids. The next morning we watched a group of campers trying to winch in their boat which was being battered by the huge swells. The boys also dug a trench to ensure the wave did not reach the camper trailers and wash everything away.
The torrentional Storm ...
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