Quobba

THURSDAY 8th JULY

Oh my god! Talk about adventure packed!! After leaving Monkey Mia and its serene surroundings we were keen for a bit of "Raw action"…Boy did we get it!

About 300-400kms north of Shark Bay we reached Quobba Station. This place is mean, in the best possible way. Driving through the entrance we meet a bit sign that says "KING WAVES KILL" which to Ben is pretty freekin' impressive!!

We then made our way by foot down to The Blowholes, giant reef holes that with a bit of swell and pressure create giant spurting water holes that go probably about 20 metres high! Awesome!!! But the best bit is that looking out over the horizon about 1km out we see a pod of whales, flipping and spraying along the coast.

It's all so amazing!!

Deciding to rough it tonight we make the call to sleep in our car (in the front seats this time) and find a place to pull up, do some fishing, cook the fish and crash.

Ben found a great little reef pool to fish in just off a little cliff, I was a bit nervous as Ive only fished in rivers or on the beach sand but found my feet pretty quickly.

Before long (5 seconds) we were getting bites!! The first fish I caught was a beautiful Rass, which you can't eat but are very pretty. After throwing back a few of those and a leather jacket we finally caught some edible ones, 1 silver brim, 1 shiny silver and yellow one, and two other things we don't know what they are called! hehe! After asking a local he said we could definitely eat em' all!!! YAY!!

Before leaving our fishing spot the friendly wales made there way to say hi again, except this time ALOT closer!! Watching the sunset with fish in our bucket and wales in the horizon, it doesn't get much better than this.

Back to camp we had to fillet the fish in the dark and cook em up, I just used flour, salt and pepper and a bit of lemon, YUM!!! The were really tasty along with some cous cous and a bit of salad and a few beers….Time for bed.

FRIDAY

THANKGOD WE SLEPT IN THE CAR!!! Waking up to giant swell, rising tides and squalling winds we definitely made the right move by not setting up the tent. It was a quick dash to get everything packed up and sorted. Conditions weren't right for fishing, surfing or running so we decided to get an early start and head off.

Driving out of Quobba we saw a few flattened tents and were so thankful that it wasn't us!!!

After just clicking over 1688 kms we are off to Ningaloo……x