Broome to Point Samson

Grader at Port Headland Salt Mine

Real Estate Port Headland

Barn Hill Station Beach

Cables Beach Sunset

Camels on there way to Beach

Croc at Derby








Well we stopped at Derby on route to Broome and saw our first real life saltwater croc. Robin spotted him off the jetty, blackfellas swimming just up the beach, mad. Arrived at Broome and had a very early night, bed by 7.30pm having trouble adjusting to WA time, Monday saw us doing the touristy thing around Broome, everything very expensive and I believe overrated, I believe Broome is a place you love or dont. An example of the costs a self guided tour of a pearl farm only costs you $50.00. Cables Beach nice but cant understand why it got to be in the top 5 beaches in the world, Broome not doing it for us, Moved on Thursday to Barn Hill Station, which is 120km south of Broome. Well what can I say, only 9klms of red dirt road, three gates and numerous speed bumps and we arrive at the Station, our power site cost us $25 per night, but we couldnt use our electric kettle, toaster, microwave. just lights, thats all you had to pay more to get more luxuries.
The amenities had to be seen to be believed, concrete slab floor , tin walls, and no ceiling, lucky it wasnt raining, lovely at night sitting on loo looking at the stars!!!!!!!! Apparently it had a bowling green there, again something you had to see to believe. A walk of 500m and we are at the Indian Ocean absolutely amazing, so much prettier than Cables Beach, the rock formation and the lovely sand and shells was beautiful, Robin and I enjoyed a swim without another couple in site, so isolated, it was just gorgeous, as said the amenities not fantastic but the views and the beach will always be a highlight of this trip for us. We arrived at Port Headland on Saturday but decided we didnt want to stop there and pushed on to Point Samson,. Port Headland was interesting enough with the mining and the salt mining but a very dirty mining town, with everything closed on a Sunday. Real Estate is incredibly high here with the mining companies buying up the houses, but unfortunately a lot of the miners work two weeks and then fly home for two weeks taking there wages with them and so these towns look like ghost towns. Cant comment on Point Samson yet, but the weather is wet and windy and cold, 18 today, actually had to put of a jumper today. Catch you all next week. love R & R