So after one night at the Eighty Mile Beach caravan park we have moved on. The park was fine, in fact well set up and despite the number of vans there it was not all squashed up like sardines, but the only thing that the beach has going for it is it's length. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice beach, not pristine white sand but ok, but there are no special features like say rocky outcrops to give it real character. I sound as though we didn't like it, we did it just that one day was enough. This morning I walked over the hill to the beach, got to the top of the hill and did a double take, the ocean was way in the distance, probably more than 1 km away! It was low tide but I have never seen such a large extra amount of beach disclosed. We have seen big beach exposure variations at Broome (I went back and got Elaine so that she could see it) but this was much more. Anyway we packed up again and hit the road, this time aiming for Cape Kerauden and after 100 or so kms and a snack at Pardoo we were right on target. After turning off the main road there was a short piece of sealed road then we were on unsealed road again. A little rougher than yesterday but my driver handled it ok.
We arrived here at high tide, found a million dollar campsite just a few meters above high tide and set ourselves up. This site if run by the local, East Pilbara Shire and has two sets of ablutions and two dump spots and a nice gazebo and that's it, but it is a lovely spot with a great ocean view. We have spent the afternoon watching the tide recede and expose lots of rock and beach which is always interesting.
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