Jurien Bay (Sandy Point Reserve)

Heading north we came to Jurien Bay, which appeared to be a lovely little town, however the weather was not on our side and we decided to venture a little further (cheaper accomodation) to a place by the name of Sandy Point Reserve, where it cost us $15 for two nights. Mike and Alana stayed with us in this lovely little spot, close to the beach and thankfully out of the wind as well.

Never the type to let any weather get in our way, the four of us set off on a beach walk the next day. As you can see by the photos the weather was fairly threatening and wet (I know you Melbournians will have no sympathy) and at one stage we all had to take cover underneath the footbridge to escape horizontal rain!! We all laughed and felt like kids again, not perturbed by the rain at all and still enjoying every moment. The next couple of days were a little damp, we even got into playing cards and getting quite competitive with each other, those who know me, know that I play to win :-) and I believe Alana is a little the same.

A shower threatens in the distance as we set off

This shower was headed our way

Crowey takes cover under the foot bridge

Mike samples the local fresh water as the rain pours down

Dark clouds gone, sun is shining, off we go all in good spirits

After two nights here Crowey and I set off up the coastal road again and went through lots of towns including GreenHead, Leeman, Port Denison and Dongara. On the way past Dongara we stopped at a beach called Flat Rocks (lots of seashells here which has become a bit of an obsession for me, collecting and gathering different shells on our travels and driving Crowey nuts at times) where we learnt that the weather forecast was 120km winds and seven metre swell, needless to say we decided to head inland and ended up in a lovely National Park called Ellendale Pool. Here there was a lovely gorge and river (or pool) and at $5 a night, became our home for that day and night, quitely sheltered from the winds.