An early morning walk along Cheyne Beach was peaceful…the only other people in sight were a small group of fisherman at the edge of the bay with their nets full of herring….reminiscent of the disciples.

Our campsite had to be moved to our emergency spots…of course not without a hiccup or 2…Gordie had a valve issue which stumped both him and Trev….maybe a backflush was warranted…or maybe a troll had gotten into the mix?

Nevertheless we all relocated….Rose and Dave to the upmarket North Shore… Trev and I to the freeway siding and Gordie and Kerry to aptly named “Paradise Way”.

The weather was glorious so we headed down to the beach for a 4WD along to find a good surf/ swim spot.

Cheynes Beach was beautiful…soft white sand, turquoise water and waves rolling in. We surfed, swam and kayaked….great fun!

Rosie did well catching some great waves on the kayak despite a minor mishap after falling out ….

….which could not be blamed in Branch as he was AWOL doing some exploring of his own.

Trev and Gordie also had some epic fails!!

After lunch we went out to Waychinicup National Park hoping to see the dolphins that live around the cove there. Yet another awesome place with a beautiful inlet and rocky outcrops. The tide was coming in and the waves crashing around the rocks at the inlet were spectacular.

We did see a couple of dolphins but they were a fair way off playing right in the inlet – Rosie was still excited as it was the first time she had seen dolphins in the wild.

The vegetation around the area was interesting too – many tall silvery grass trees – a different variety to those we get on the east coast.

We headed back to the boat ramp to watch the sun set over the beach.

the area was once a whaling port and I found a large whalebone washed up on the beach.

Trev got talking (surprisingly ) to a couple of locals who shared some stories including a 4.6m great white shark that had been  caught there in the herring nets… and the sad shark attack on a young snorkeller 2 years ago….