Day 132 – 17/4/14 – De Grey River – Cape Kereaudren WA

We were up and going early to get to our next camp. We found a great spot looking out over the inlet and we headed over for a fish of the rocky headland 50m from our site. We spent the next couple of hours casting lures and could see heaps of pretty good size queen fish chasing them but we just couldn’t get them to hit the lure. It was extremely frustrating to say the least! We tried a few different lures but nothing would work.

We headed back and as we set up for lunch a euro, the local species of wallaroo, came over to check us out. I figured it must have smelt our water and was thirsty so Jack got a bucket of water and it practically inhaled it without even looking up! We named her VB as she had a hard earned thirst and refreshed she moved about a meter away and lay down in the shade off  the van, where she remained for the rest of the afternoon. It was pretty cool!

We headed back for a fish after lunch but we soon realised we were really in the north west as the tide was well and truley on the way out. I looked up willyweather and discovered that the tides were 9m between high and low!!! Within another couple of hours the rock that we were casting off was now cliff and the beautiful blue/teal water that we were overlooking was replaced by a sandy mud flat!

The boys had found a two new BFF, Timana and Cane, and they headed out onto the flats and had a great time squashing sea cucumbers and checking puddles for octopi. Ricky, the BBF’s dad, even saved a turtle who must have got his tide times wrong! 

As the sun began to set the midges decided to make their presence felt. For once in her life De wasn’t the tastiest human morsel for the midges as they preferred my supple skin! We did manage to have dinner outside but it wasn’t long before we fumigated the van and headed inside for the rest of the night!