Trev and I decided to have an early morning walk today to check out the sunrise and see what treasures the high tide had brought in overnight….

It was very serene and peaceful walking over the sand flats in the early morning light…. No one else around yet and a very low tide….

A crab underwater was sifting the sand into his mouth and feeding – his eyes glowing like tiny crystals in the sun’s rays….

We headed back to camp and enjoyed some gourmet (healthy) pancakes for brekky…..

As the beach area in front of the caravan park was beach-combed out with the guests all looking for that awesome shell, we decided to take a drive along the beach and check out the beach as far as we could drive north (to the creek entry).

The drive along was great, the sand was quite firm for most of the way – we had still let our tyres down somewhat – and as we had left while the tide was low, we were pretty much the only ones on the beach – the fishos were waiting for the high tide…

We stopped in a couple of different places to collect shells and look around….

Trev flew the drone and captured some more beautiful images of 80 Mile Beach….

and our shell collecting efforts…

Klaus took some great shots of a crab, and also another sea snake we saw washed up on the beach… larger than the one we saw yesterday….

At one point I found a largish shell with a hermit crab in it… for the most part the shells along the beach were uninhabited – unlike Cleaverville….

We drove back along the beach and saw a pod of dolphins – who disappeared before I could get the big lens on to get some closeup shots…

there were flocks of terns and other sea birds along the waters edge…

and by now the fishos were out in earnest driving up to their favourite spots…

Everyone had a relaxed lunch at their vans, then Klaus and Trev went for a drive up the beach to have a go at fishing, and Gordie walked out the front to also see if he could catch anything…. Fortunately, we had all ordered the chicken parmys that were on the menu at the caravan park that evening as no fish were caught!!

Late that afternoon when the tide had dropped, Trev and I went for a drive along the south end of the beach to take a look – the beach seemed endless – we could only go so far then had to turn around as the light was fading and the parmys had to be picked up at 545pm….

I cleaned the shells that I had collected – pic below of some of them – some very beautiful and colourful specimens – cowries, cockles, scallops, baler shells to name a few….

We really enjoyed our time at 80 Mile Beach but were looking forward to our journey on to Broome tomorrow – and 5 days in Broome resting and relaxing….