The morning started in a relaxed way – we had breakfast and then got together as today was Sunday to listen to the next instalment of Exodus – chapters 8-10 – the plagues on Egypt….pretty timely as we were experiencing a fly plague of our own…..

Gordie had taken a leaf out of the Wells Cleaning Handbook and was giving the Titan a spit and polish…..

The station at Quobba has some really unique outbuildings, some of which are accommodation, others just older buildings such as shearing sheds and shearer’s quarters…

There was a unique Quobba Blowhole which saw good use from the group over the time we were there 😊

The station homestead was up on a slight hill surrounded by some stumpy trees… with a tennis court that guests could use…

The surf was huge again, pounding the front beach which was not safe to swim at due to the closeness of the reef, however the scenery was ruggedly beautiful…

The station owner had told us about safe areas to swim, one of which was the “natural aquarium” near the blowholes so we packed up our snorkelling gear and drove the 10km down to the area.

It was a stunningly beautiful inlet that had an island in the middle and an opening out to the sea that had reef across it, making the area itself like a lagoon….

The water was clear and a beautiful colour in contrast with the white sand … an almost tropical vista….

We all went in for a snorkel and saw some small coral outcrops, lots of fish and some sea slugs, sea urchins and clams….

The current was quite strong once the tide was full as the swell came over the reef at either and flowed quickly along the beach…

Trev, Gordie, Sharon, Matt and I swam out to the island while the others soaked in the sun on the beach…

The island was very barren with a graveyard of bleached shells and coral… we had a look around and then made the swim back – that was our exercise for the day 😊

On our way back we stopped past the blowholes to take a look at the huge swell which was getting bigger by the hour… some amazing pics of waves breaking over the rocky coastline….

That afternoon we spent relaxing at camp – the flies were still fierce- it seems that WA is experiencing a record fly plague in particular inland – however the wind is definitely pushing them to the coast…. Flynets have become our best friend… the only relief is on the beach in the water….and when the sun goes down….

After watching the sunset over the front beach we had dinner together then sat around together having coffee….

Gordie invited Jason over – one of the campers who was on his own – camping in an old bus near us…. He had a sad life story… Gordie asked him some questions which he then opened up and answered… giving Gordie an opportunity to share his faith and explain to Jason that we were Christians…. Jason explained that his faith was in himself…. Sadly not much comfort as we cannot control all circumstances and cannot rely on self in particular when it comes to death and eternity….only faith in Jesus can give us that sure and certain hope of eternal life…