Next stop was the point just South of the lookout. We walked down on the rock point where we got a great view along both sides of the beach. Got a few photos before driving down to the estuary for a walk on the sand.
We next ventured to Fishery Bay and Short Beach. Fishery Bay had a nice wharf and is where the larger ocean boats were moored. Short Beach was quite secluded with some reef that the water breaks over just out from shore.
We travelled across to the west side of the peninsula to Blossom Beach. This was a large beach with quite a good swell. There was some beautiful houses overlooking the western ocean views. Had some large sand dunes with the wind whipping the sand through the air. Great pictures but not a great place for a swim.
Ventured a bit farther south to Little Boat Harbour on the South West of the peninsula. Surprisingly this was quite sheltered and a beautiful place for a swim. Rans and I had a quick swim while the girls got some pictures. Headed home from here for happy hour and dinner.
Sunday morning the Ransleys and Bewells went touring to the Fitzgerald River National Park. Had a couple of stops taking pictures of wildflowers before we made it to our first lookout at Mt. Maxwell. The wildflowers are amazing and you can only imagine what they would be like in the spring. Mt. Maxwell is a short walk up to a lookout giving a 360 degree view of the surrounding landscape. Mainly rural views with lots of vegetation. The lookout is the smallest wood structure you can imagine. I joked that only 3 of us could use the viewing platform at one time (but I wasn't that far off).
Next stop was West Mt Barren where we enjoyed morning tea. We decided against the walk which said 374M. Unfortunately we think this was the vertical distance and the actual walk would have been much longer and tough. We chickened out after our Castle Rock experience earlier. Took a bunch more wildflower pictures. So many species in such a small area.
Continued on to our main destination Point Ann and Mary's Inlet. We had been told that this was one of the most beautiful places in Australia. It was overcast during our visit so we couldn't give it top honour but you could certainly imagine what it would look like on a sunny blue day. Was incredible as it was; and the wildflowers and the variety of vegetation were amazing. Got some great photos, enjoyed a nice walk to the lookouts, and had our picnic lunch overlooking the beach. An added bonus was watching a seal stalking a school of fish. They move so gracefully and quickly though the water.
On the way back we decided to take a different route which proved to be not one of our better decisions. We did eventually make it back home; but not before we experienced some very bad corrugation and fairly rough 4WD tracks. We did have some good laughs and will definitely remember our journey home; although we probably couldn't quite retrace our steps. Carol especially loves our adventuresome, although misguided spirit! One of the funniest moments was when we pulled up in the middle of nowhere on the track, to check our directions on our map. Next thing we know an old woman walks out of her driveway?? and proceeds to have a chat with us like we've known her for years. We ask her about the road and she says she doesn't use it but lots of other vehicles have gone down it lately. It was only much later on in our journey that we begin to wonder if any of those other vehicles have ever returned!
We do eventually make it back to Bremer Bay for a late happy hour and an easy dinner. Had a great talk on Skype with Justine who celebrated her 24th birthday today.
Monday was a bit rainy so we enjoyed a quiet day with a bit of cleaning. Did a bit of maintenance on the cars and caravans in the morning. Afternoon cleared off a bit and all of us but Stephen had a hair cut. Had a lovely baked dinner with the Ransleys. Spent the evening catching up our diary and Blog. We are off tomorrow towards Esperance but will probably overnight in a free camp half way to break up our journey.
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