No rushing this morning. Karen enjoyed the sunrise with a walk along the the beach, Kieran headed out for a morning run, the Allen’s headed out for a morning fish and we sat outside the van and soaked it all up.

Once morning beverages were imbibed Bob and I headed out to explore in no wind! The tides are 5m here so a different landscape to yesterday when we hit the sand.

The Scott’s headed out to Point Samson where we explored yesterday. We left a little later with the Allen’s and headed towards Dampier.

Dampier is a juxtaposition of the industrial and the natural world. Iron ore, gas, salt… it goes on – but beneath it all is the incredible colours of the water, the incredible textures of the iron rock and the incredible blue skies that tie it all together.

We all met up for lunch at the Dampier foreshore and then proceeded to a viewing of the ship loaders.

Then it was to the Murijuga National Park where we stood below the natural iron rock mounds and absorbed some of the 20,000 aboriginal etchings on the rocks. Literally every second rock seemed to have a figure representation etched on it.

Our final explore location for the afternoon was the salt lakes. The ‘lookout’ could have been a tad higher, but at least the info boards up there were interesting. I didn’t realise how much salt we export internationally.

Then back to Karratha where we washed the Landcruisers (a bit before required, I know) at a car wash. We finished off the day with a beverage at the local Tavern.

Tonight we met at the Scott camp and had a lovely wind free evening in front of the fire. Camp spots in southern NSW were the topic of conversation. I reckon Bob and I need to revisit there once we are back at work….

Tomorrow is a Cleaverville day. Planning to enjoy our local area for our last day here.