Sunday 6 Oct 2013 - Red Bluff

This morning we had a snorkel in "The Aquarium", but it was quite low tide so we were only able to swim round the edges of the coral. Even so, we saw lots of colourful fish and coral.

Next we drove further North and passed a gypsum mine on our way to Red Bluff, which is a surfers delight. This is on a sheep station, Quobba Station, so there's a very basic camping ground here. There are also some luxury Eco retreat safari tents here so rich people can come, enjoy the beauty and feel like they're roughing it!

Our spot is high up and has the most magnificent view of the turquoise water and white sand of this rugged coast.

We walked out along the cliffs for Rodger to check out the surf and how to get in to it and saw 2 whales leaping high into the air and blowing water from their spouts.

It's incredibly windy here and, even though Rodger had fixed it firmly with 2 huge tent pegs, our awning was blowing around and the chairs were overturned when we returned. After lunch, we went for a walk along the beach, actually we were blown along, even the seagulls were being blown off course! In the edge of the water there was a rock shelf and in it we could see the imprints of fossilised plants from long ago.

The wind came up even more strongly during the afternoon, sadly making it impossible for Rodger to have a surf. We had to bring everything into the van, even our thongs, the doormat and my step or they would blow away. We also realised we couldn't light a fire either, but fortunately we have a nice warm van to shelter in and I cooked our dinner on the stove.