Just after sunrise Trev was up and dressed for the day with all the eco-friendly fly control options in his arsenal at the ready…..

While preparing brekkie, I noticed an issue with the stove that had re-occurred (we had it fixed pre-trip) – the stove lid had come loose and Branch was on to it… MacGyver located the missing screw under the stove and extracted it with the help of his fly implements….. we were just about to go out so the full repair had to wait til later that day…

Branch had also heard via the grapevine that the Weiss freezer was still causing trouble, swinging open during the trip to Warroora and expelling all the contents over the van floor – Branch arrived to find the freezer neatly repacked… and checked out the loose latch… with no suggestions for a remedy…

We had decided to drive north from the station along the tracks to check out Stevens and Pelican Point…. Everyone let the tyres down to the recommended pressures (20-25) as per the station staff…

We drove the 6 kms to Stevens which was a popular surfing and swimming spot… you could camp there as well…. The campground was nestled in the sand dunes and well protected…

Everyone walked over the dunes to the beach – what a spectacular sight… waves breaking on the reef and turquoise waters to swim in…

The beach was beautiful with surf and a great area to swim…. A couple of tourists were there swimming….

After a couple of fashion shots…Trev was working the camera after taking a leaf from Rose and Dave’s book….we walked along the beach…

and then Trev, Gordie and I jumped in for a quick swim before we continued on north to Pelican Point.

The track was not too rough, sandy in places with green farmland and large dunes contrasting each other… to look east you could see nothing but flat scrubby land as far as they eye could see…

The track into Pelican Point was very sandy but easy to negotiate… and in the distance between the dunes you could see the sparkling blue ocean…

At Pelican Point it was a short walk through the dunes to a beautiful beach with calm azure waters…

we walked all the way to the furthest point and back… The water was lovely and warm, the day was hot and we saw a turtle in the distance and many shovel-nosed rays (often mistaken for sharks) on the water’s edge….

We all jumped in for a quick swim at the end and then returned to camp that afternoon…

MacGyver and Branch got stuck into the Loveday stove issue and had it fixed in no time!!!

That night we sat around the fire, enjoying the relief from the flies….

Sharon made her first damper of the trip in the coals – delicious even if the outside was a bit crispy!!!!

The stars were amazing that night with no moon up…. A few shots of the Milky Way and the night sky….