After leaving Coral Bay on Saturday , we only drove 68klms to Bullara Station . There was a bit of a headwind , but we were there by 11am , and set up beside 2 other 5th wheelers from Tasmania . We'd run into them before at Karrinyup Waters in Perth , and they were also at Coral Bay .
The countryside is spinifex grass , small shrubs and termite mounds , very few trees - and those that are here are very short !! But on the upside , the rainfall in the last week has greened things up a bit , and some wildflowers are starting to come out again .
We went for a drive out to Exmouth Gulf via one of the property tracks that guests can use - it was 22klms out on a red sandy track , with occasional outcrops of limestone poking through . There were also a few clay sections that would be hard to get through in the wet weather . Our first glimpse of the gulf was a bit of a let down - we were expecting a beach , maybe small cliff line - we found rocks shelfs , a bit of sand and lots of short mangroves .
After arriving , we had our lunch under the open walled picnic building , before going down to the incoming tide . Needless to say we didn't stay long and headed back out to the station after a few photo's .
Bullara Station is a small station in the scheme of things , it's only 250,000 acres . They have ran sheep and have an old 8 stand shearing shed , now though they graze cattle - not sure what they graze on though , as most of the plants & trees have thorns and barbs for protection - check the photo's further down .
There are various old cars & trucks , still in the position that they would have stopped in many years ago .
Even the leaves have spikes on them !!
There was a wash of gum trees ( that's how they described it ) - obviously must be some water there or below . The clumps of grass that all looked dead as a doornail , have all started to shoot nice green blades of grass , and there are new plants poking their heads through the red sand .
There is a walk for the tourists to do , that takes you to a red sand dune - one of many on the property. At the base of the dune and further up , were some grey/green coloured shrubs that looked like they were shooting new leaves - upon further inspection , we found some flowers we'd never seen before , here they are .
We headed back before the rain tried to get serious - it didn't , we only got a few spots , and we made it back to the camp fire circle for afternoon drinks and fresh cooked damper by Damper John . He is a bit of a legend up here and has been cooking damper for the last 3 years , every afternoon of the season at 5pm .
We chatted to the Tasmanians until the rain finally got serious and pushed us into the camp kitchen , then finally back to the van for the night . Turns out we'll be seeing them a bit more yet , they are going to the same campground in Cape Range NP that we are going to tomorrow , so we will be seeing them again .
Here's a map link :-https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nEpxgoGG_jL9hqC2jYQeQlB2vOo&usp=sharing
We will be out of range for the next 4 days , but will be back bigger and better , stay tuned !!
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