Well, today we got an early start as I think half the caravan park here in South Hedland is on day shift and it started at 6am, but that suited us fine as you can't book a site at Eighty Mile, it is first in best dressed so we wanted to arrive by lunch time. However, before leaving I must first retrieve Cody's speedos from the rafters of the ablutions with a mop, as while I was doing the grocery shop the arvo before, Dad had sent them to have showers, goodness knows what went on in there but apparently it was all Toris fault!!!
So only a 280km drive today. We pull in to Pardoo for a quick stop, Cody thinks this is the caravan park as there are about 20 vans parked here. We certainly feel at home up here in our van and "Big Bertha" doesn't seem so big after all.
What a great day to arrive at Eighty Mile Beach. The caravan park seems to have a high percentage of permanent residence, or at least a lot they stay here for months on end as it is a massive park, almost like a little village. Today is market day and people come from all directions to set up their handcrafted second hand stalls. The kids make friends the instant they step out of the van, then time to spend some pocket money on knick knacks from the market.
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| Our toe sandals we purchased from the markets. |
We have never seen a beach quite like Eighty Mile, as the name suggests, it goes on forever in both directions and is just covered in shells, the tide is out a bit today, about 250 m from the dunes, but no swimming because of the sharks.
Tonight is also $6 hamburger night at the shop, so the whole park migrates, chair in one hand and drink in the other. We decide to join them all and hook up with a couple of other families also travelling around Australia. My first "kitchen free" night.....yay!!!!
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