Today we headed back out south , firstly to Denham Lookout . The weather was beautiful , nice & calm and the tide was in flooding the mangroves below the lookout . Here's some aerial shots of the area .
This one is looking south west back down the coast , Shark Bay stretching of in the distance .
Denham township is on the slim piece of land in the distance .
This is looking toward Goulet Bluff , interesting the black sections looking like ink , are sea grass that has been torn away by recent storms . The sea grass further out in the bay are feeding grounds for many Dugong .
Nothing like a selfie .
We checked out Goulet Bluff and several tracks around it , after finding Eagle Bluff was closed while workers were doing roadworks to the entry road . It meant we found lots of different view points along the coast .
We had lunch down beside the beach , then went for a drive back toward Denham , but we were only on the bitumen for about 5klms before we found a track that would take us to the eastern side of the peninsular - somewhere we hadn't been before . The track is orange sand and stretched off into the distance , so we headed off following an old fence line till we came to a small ridge - this was the view from the top .
Time for the bird to fly - and what a view we got - stunning colours again !!
Apparently this side of the coast is a popular kite surfing location - not today however .
After enjoying our location for a while we headed back to town totally satisfied with our day .
Next day , we headed off on another track , again over to the east side beaches . The track branched off the road to the rubbish depot and headed straight for about 10 kms , before running into this Birrida (clay pan) ,. The track then followed the edge of it and continued on . We hadn't lowered our tyre pressures yet as the track was reasonably firm, just corrugated in lots of places though - strange to get corrugations in soft sand ????
We were getting closer to the coast and the anticipation was rising . Arriving at the coast we found more soft sand , but it looked firm further around so we turned to the right , there was some limestone rock shelf there , but the track quickly turned back to soft deep sand and then we stopped - not by choice - it was time to lower the tyre pressures again . Down to 20psi all round and we reversed ourselves out of our sticky situation and headed up the beach to the north , relieved to be on some fire sand - we found a patch and had some lunch .
Making our way along the beach we came to a stop and found the view north was getting interesting , there were hints of orange and red and white , then there was the oceans colour as well .
We moved forward again, parking on the little sand spit , as we looked around the corner we saw this view . It's a little washed out caused by the angle of the sun , but still stunning .
After flying the bird for a while we headed along this red section of sand . The track wasn't much more than 4m wide and the tide was going out but the sand was still wet and a bit spongy . There were wheel tracks from other vehicles so we followed them - it turned into deep wheel tracks , making it a bit more of a challenge to keep momentum and going forwards . There were a couple of obstacles to go round as well and each time the sand got pushed out a bit further making it more interesting - we made it past the red sand section and parked a bit further up and went for a walk along the beach and around the next corner .
How's the colours ???
We got back in the ute and started back along the beach , getting back to the red sand again , another ute had gone back over it as well , so it was a little more unstable than before , but we had to go back that way - there was no other track . Funny driving on sand , you're almost a passenger most of the time with wheel tracks , you just go where the previous vehicle went whether you want to or not . Whoever followed us out would have an interesting drive , as we went off the track toward the hill and collected a bush !! No damage done - a couple of scratches and we kept going , making it through without any further drama's .
We headed back to town again , another good day !!
Weekend has arrived and we headed out to Eagle Bluff - they wouldn't be doing the roadwork on the weekend - no they weren't and the road in was great .
Eagle Bluff has a great viewing area and is built on the top of the bluff with views from ever part of it . When we were here last we spotted so much marine life from the lookout - sharks , dolphins , eagle rays , manta rays , fish & stingrays as well as ample birdlife - today it was a bit quiet - plenty of birds but not so much marine life - a little disappointing . This is the walkway from the air .
This is the view from above the southern side of the bluff - you can see the sea grass thick on the sand and dark spots in the water .
This is another of the southern end of the bluff .
That's it , up to date , here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/drive?state=%7B%22ids%22%3A%5B%2219L2ApTNfxcc5xfyWEJuNPlCM4ev9vcmW%22%5D%2C%22action%22%3A%22open%22%2C%22userId%22%3A%22115207065084240615246%22%7D&usp=sharing
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