Thank-you NO GAS supporters!

Willie Creek wet lands

How blessed we are to be able to still enjoy this beautiful part of the world!

Thank-you to all the Broomies, Kimberleyites, Western Australian’s, Australian’s, International visitors and supports.  To everyone who said “NO GAS at JPP” I thank-you from the bottom of my heart to the goose bumps I get when in this amazing place.

To think that this pristine, remote wilderness was going to be taken away from public use.  The thought of never been able to camp here again breaks my heart, not to mention the loss of habitat for land and ocean wildlife.  But I don’t need to think about that, because you won, we are still able to fish, camp, photograph, paint, and just enjoy all that is here.

Yesterday we went for a drive.  WA Foundation Day, the perfect day to enjoy all the WA has to offer!

We found the fresh water hole at the back of Willie Creek, but due to the amount of Mozzies there did not get to enjoy that as much as I would have liked.  Perhaps I will go back more prepared at the end of the dry, it will be a lovely bird watching place.

Walking around the Willie Creek fresh water hole

When ever I stopped to take photos I got bombed by Mozzies, it was insane!!

We were on the hunt for a new camping spot.  I’ve totally loved it here, but after 5 weeks of catching little Trevalley and Queenies, I need a change of scenery and fish.  Our first stop was the other side of Willie Creek.  Yah we didn't get far, it will take us a lot longer than 2 years to get around Australia at this rate!  As soon as we pulled onto the beach, we saw 2 huge sharks right in the waves, what could have been sailfish or dolphins jumping out further, bait fish and birds everywhere.  Yip, we will come camp here.  I've missed being right on the beach.  We can see the ocean from our camp here but have the lagoon (which has had  no water in it all last week) between us and the big ocean, we are moving back to the sea shore!

Charlie enjoyed the beach the other side of the creek.

We were surprised at the amount of people at Barred Creek, we have in the past camped there for months on end without seeing a single other person.  Obviously the word is out that it isn’t ‘Barren’ creek, as it used to be called, and how beautiful it is there.  Mostly Broomies up enjoying there time off, it was cool to see so many families enjoying the great outdoors.  Anticipating not so many people there when everyone goes back to work, but plenty of space on the beach anyway; Yes we will camp here!

We drove the coast road from Barred to Quondong, because it’s such a lovely drive, only seeing a few holiday makers, it is much harder to get to the ocean over the large sand dunes.  Quondong Point is starting to fill up, but not as busy as we have seen it in the past.  Three large caravans were parked where we had camped last month.  We were glad we made the choice to go there early in the season, no need to come back to camping here for a few months.

Quondong Point would have been in the ‘buffer zone’ if the Gas Pipe went ahead, meaning no public access from there up.  So when we started on the road North of QP my heart was singing with joy.

Price Point and the surrounding area is still as awesome as I remember!  The Pindan rocks merging with the white sand, crystal blue water reaching for the sand in the opposite direction.  Heaven on Earth!  God’s country!  Another of my happy places.

I’m keeping all photos of this dramatic scenery until we get there, because that is where we are off to next!!  One more vet check (at the moment, it’s not fixed) on Thursday, then we are off up the coast!

Female Kimberley Red on drive between Barred and Quondong

Baby Sea Eagle at the very end of the road: I wonder if it's the same one I seen all the way down at Willie Creek a few weeks back?