As the flies were still fairly overwhelming, we decided to head to the beach early today to check out some of the coastline south of Warroora….

Beryl was still feeling quite unwell and was coughing a lot – she was RAT negative thankfully but was still not recovering as quickly as she would have liked so she opted to stay behind and rest in the van…

Rose was dressed in her best resort wear looking awesome in the pink overswim and white crocs – all ready for the day out – contrasting with the red dust of the station…

Gordie had been talking to a French guy who was working at Warroora about surfing, and he told Gordie to check out Bulbarli as it was supposed to be a good break…. So we set of to look at Bulbarli…

The road along through the station was sandy but not too hard to navigate – as we pulled up at Bulbarli there was a derelict windmill near the beach – made for an interesting pic…

As we walked over to the beach, Gordie was very excited about the left hander he could see…..

Gordie was so excited he asked me to take some pics of the waves…. As I scrambled to catch a couple of big ones, I did a partial Klaus and kicked my toe on a loose rock half buried in the sand….. ouch!! I did get some good pics tho’…..

Rose and Kerry looked great relaxing on a rock watching the surf…. Until a set came through and created havoc!!

We were the only ones on the beach which was quite a picturesque place…

but the surf was not rideable, so we decided to continue on to have a look at The Lagoon – where apparently there was a number of tiger sharks who frequented the area making swimming an unlikely option…

The Lagoon was pretty and looked very inviting….

Trev and Gordie got talking to the camp host who confirmed the tiger shark situation… so after a good look around we drove up to the cliff area to get a good view of the coastline – and the big swell coming in…..

Gordie parked the Titan in a conspicuous position which made for a good promo pic 😊

The view from the cliff was spectacular with the limestone cliffs meeting the surging swell of the ocean… and in the distance waves crashing on bombies out past the reef….

Next stop was Nick’s beach – again a very picturesque spot but not much of a swimming place….

So we drove back then to Stevens and had a swim and spent time enjoying the beach… and lack of flies….

We arrived back in the afternoon to camp – Branch felt it was time to make Beryl a hot lemon drink and see how she was…. She had rested but was still not feeling great….

Branch then checked out my stubbed toe – a reminder of the last trip where I did a number on my little toe – this time it was my second toe – felt pretty sore but hopefully not as bad as last time…

Sunset over Warroora Homestead was beautiful and tranquil as the wind had died down and the flies disappeared with the sun….

Until the tranquility was broken by a smoke alarm… and smoke coming out of the Wells’ van… Branch and MacGyver rushed over to see Rosie fanning the smoke with a tea towel… but the smoke increasing by the second… MacGyver grabbed the offending pan (steak cooking….) and took it outside…. The smoke took a while to subside…. Just a case of too much heat from a gas stove and a splatter pan on top of cooking steak – leading to burning fat… and smoke…

That night we had a fire as it was the last night we could for a little while – and the last night Matt and Sharon could have a fire with us – and Sharon was keen to re-try the damper – this time with sultanas…. The result was awesome – perfectly cooked and delicious!!!