Everyone awoke to the birds heralding the sunrise…. After a cooked brekky we headed down to the shore to look around and find somewhere to have a safe swim.

We located the rockpools Matt had told us about and Trev, Gordie and I hopped in for a quick dip while keeping an eye out for crocs. The daytime temperature here gets up to the mid 30’s at this time of year but the nights are a pleasant 15-18. A cool breeze comes up at about 1PM which is refreshing and takes the bite out of the heat.

Matt had said that the fishos often threw their waste into the sea past the rocks and some lemon sharks would come and have a feed…and also tiger sharks and possibly the local crocs so we were keen to have a look and take some photos.

Before venturing down to the beach we went and booked a fishing charter for the guys tomorrow (always living in hope of finally catching a fish…apparently guaranteed!!)… and the girls booked to go on the sightseeing boat trip – should be a really interesting day tomorrow…

We took the drone down and flew it over the coast – the coastline was really beautiful with azure water, white sand and the rocks lining the shores….

Trev spotted a huge tiger shark swimming slowly around in the bay close to the shore….

Some lemon sharks came over much to Rosie’s delight but the fishos still had not come to throw in their scraps…. so we went back for a coffee made by the Bottomless Barista (aka Gordie)

We then headed out for a swim down at the beach area that was a bit safer as long as someone was a spotter.

The small beach looked so peaceful and another couple had just come out of the water so we felt OK about having a swim – we took turns being the shark spotter up on the rocks!

The water looked so enticing and so we jumped in briefly to cool off….and took some more drone footage – no crocs or sharks in sight.

Rosie and Kerry took the safer option of sitting at the edge of the water while Gordie and Trev were in further as shark bait!!

Back for lunch and then a relaxing afternoon under the shade of the mango trees…

or so we thought until Trev noticed that our fridge had stopped working – Branch who had been very quiet (relaxing in the tropical paradise of McGowan’s) appeared to provide a calming influence as Trev did some troubleshooting to work out the issue – seems it was the pin in the 12volt charger – which he promptly fixed…

Fridge issues were not unique to Trev – there was trouble in the Wells and Hackfath camps as car batteries flattened with fridges working overtime in the heat and no dual battery systems with solar panel assist…and Kerry noted an issue with their outdoor shower – Gordon had insisted there was no need to peg it down – fortunately it was not in use or there may have been some northern exposure!

Gordie and Trev were wandering around the camp making friends with all and sundry – there were a few guys with Rams who had bought their vehicles at the same place Gordon had bought the Titan so the vehicle stories were flying!!

Happy hour was spent on the front beach watching the sun go down – spectacular!

After dinner we sat around and chatted with Jordan who was camping next to us with his wife Mel and their 2 kids – we had met them at Drysdale Station when we were swimming at the Miner’s Pool – he and his wife had spotted the small freshie that was nearby while we swam. They had managed to get a puncture in their fuel tank and were having some issues getting it fixed. Some guy had given them some putty which Jordan was planning to utitilse for the repair – hopefully it works!

The guys had an early morning start with their fishing charter leaving at 0630 from Honeymoon Bay so they packed their gear and food in preparation just before going to bed.