The plan for today was to head out north along the Quobba-Gnaraloo Road to Red Bluff as the swell was large and the surf would be pretty spectacular at the point there….

As the road was fairly rough north of Quobba Station we let down the tyres on recommendation of Tim and Sara the Quobba Station owners…

Gordie had to do a quick tighten of his aerial prior to our trip out….

It was about a 50 km trip to Red Bluff – the first part was alongside the rugged limestone cliffs with seaspray coming over them due to the crashing waves of the big seas…

We moved a little away from the coast and drove though such a barren landscape it was hard to imagine how you could farm in the area – the sheep and cattle had little shelter from the searing heat and there was not much vegetation that looked at all edible….

There are 2 mine road crossings along the road where road trains take their loads out to the jetties to load the salt and gypsum onto ships… ( Rio Tinto salt mine and Lake Macleod gypsum mine).

We finally reaches the turnoff to Red Bluff…. And Trev needed an urgent wee stop – a bit hard to find a big enough bush!!!

On arrival to Red Bluff we could see how huge the surf was – it was pounding the shore with a huge shore dump…. And out on the point the waves were massive.

Red Bluff has a campsite and small shop – the landscape is very much desert….

It was very hot and the flies were horrendous but we got out and explored…

I got some great pics of the spectacular surf…it looked like the waves were eating the cliff face….

At a distance we could see the surfers taking on the waves….

We walked out to the point to watch the few brave surfers taking on the challenge – the hardest part was getting out and back in safely over the rocky reef – there were quite a few who struggled and some boards met their fate on the rocky outcrops – a few broken….

The surfers got some great waves…..

and there was some spectacular wipe-outs….

A couple of fishos braved the crashing breakers in an attempt to catch dinner – at their own risk!

Gordie and Trev had several chats to surfers and old mates getting all the latest info…..

There was a mixed bag of surfers out there – young, old, Aussie, European, experienced and novice (everyone was concerned about the 2 German newbies on Chinese boards- we were not sure they knew what they were getting themselves in to….)

We walked back to the cars…..

Rose, Dave and Klaus opting to return to camp while we stayed back for Trev to put up the drone – and he got some amazing footage of the surfers and Red Bluff…

The Red Bluff Café was our next stop for mango smoothies (the BEST mango smoothies EVER according to Gordie) – they were a welcome relief from the dry dusty heat! We met a young American/Canadian couple and had a long chat to them…

We then drove back straight to the aquarium for a swim as we were hot and dusty….the swell was huge on the reef outside the aquarium which led to small waves and a strong current in the lagoon – however it was great just to have a refreshing swim….

Branch was caught eating Twisties in the Titan – and NOT sharing…. Or was he just eating leftovers scavenged after Klaus had been travelling with the Hunters?????

Beryl had spent the day resting in the Weiss Lotus but was not feeling much better…..

Sunset was a great time as we watched the waves crash on the front beach and the light change…. and the flies disappear!!