We decided to go out to Sandy Cape , there is a camp area out there , so we went for a look . After 7 klms of corrugated orange gravel road , we found the camp area ( it's $15 a night , no power or water) and is situated beside a lovely bay with crystal clear water and white sand , it's also a bit protected by the sand dunes .
Back out to Indian Ocean Drive and the next stop on our blown away tour was Grigsons Lookout . Should be a great day for lookouts , the wind , if anything , is getting stronger as we go !!
The lookout gave us a 360 degree view ,from salt lakes that stretch 40 klms from here to the north , out to hills in the distance and past the white sand dunes to the coast . It was an early surveyors point used to work out property boundaries etc . It is now an official surveyors trig point , with a brass disc concreted into the rocks .The old trig point is a stick surrounded by rocks , it's nice that it has been preserved .
The white sand dunes are getting blown around a lot today , so much so , that there is a white haze caused by the windblown sand . On a few of the tracks , there was sand covering up parts of the road where it had been blown last night and today .
Next stop was Green Head , a small settlement with about 50 houses , a few shops , and Dynamite Bay . It is one of 3 bays , but by far the most scenic , with green grass picnic areas and covered seating areas . The beach is down several steps , again crystal clear water , limestone headlands either side and a sweep of white sand . Fortunately we were sheltered from the wind , so went for a walk up & down the beach , before having some lunch .
After lunch we headed up to the lookout - no the wind hadn't dropped at all , but we went anyway - the view over the bay was awesome .
The view out to the southwest shows how windy it was - white caps everywhere !!
Continuing on , we went up the road to Leeman , another small village , but bigger than Green Head. We filled the ute , as the price of diesel was 13 cents a litre cheaper than Jurien Bay - it saved us $10.30 on 79 litres , so was well worth it - Puma fuel station Leeman !!! Unfortunately the wind stopped us from checking out much of Leeman - there was more limestone up here so the beach and bays were not as appealing .
Heading back south , we found a tourist drive that follows the coastline - gravel road again - but it is beside the water & dunes . We came across Billy Goat Bay and Point Louise , again another camping spot , with easy access - again no power & water , but free of charge - a nice spot apart from the wind!!!
Point Louise is not far north of Dynamite Bay , and is a nicely sheltered bay . Someone had decided to camp down the southern end - not sure that is allowed , but they were there anyway .
Enough sight seeing for today , we headed back to Jurien Bay to get out of the ute and also the wind .
Time for a beer and some very hot salsa .
Todays map :-https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z1G8gwwxwyYo.kW47MkL9OuJU&usp=sharing
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