It was only about 26klms in a straight line , but via the road 55klms . We were set up and ready for Pardoo before lunch . It's a working cattle station and also does a pretty good caravan park as well . It's tucked in a grassed area , complete with small bowling green , swimming pool , small store and a restaurant . You have access to the beach and Pardoo River , with roads leading to popular fishing spots .
This one is Red Point .
Amongst all the small limestone monuments on the beach are thousands of shells , a lot of which have been taken over by hermit crabs . The beach is a maze of moving shells until they notice your there and the retreat into their shells . In amongst the rocks you can hear the clatter of shells when the crabs retreat , shells rolling down the limestone leaving the crabs exposed .
There are lot's of people that call Pardoo home for around 4 to 5 months of the year , most of them like their fishing and this part of the beach is called Bones Beach .
Another feature is this freshwater spring , with a huge population of whistling ducks .
Whilst on birdlife , there are more Brolga's here than we've seen in one place before - there had to be at least 35 of them .
We'll finish off with another sunset , it's out at Red Point at low tide . That in itself was a help with the photos , making great patterns in the sand & water - each photo was impressive and seemed to improve as the sun sank over the horizon .
Our stay here was over after 3 nights , fortunately there weren't any near as many midges , there were some flies , but lot's of mosquito's ( they didn't bite though ??? go figure ) , so back to Port Hedland for a few days before the next adventure . Here's a map link :-https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HeSh2TwUoAa5lHpu8ElF8ciahI15p3T_&usp=sharing
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