The beach at Sandy Cape

A very short hop up the coast today, maybe 40k by road. We did manage to find a bottle shop en-route though so our beer supply has been refreshed.
The site at Sandy Cape is one that we’d considered for last night’s stop but the facilities are basic with no water, no showers and just long drop toilets. The lure of flushing toilets and decent showers tempted us away for this one yesterday but we decided we’d head here today to have a look at the site and see if it looked good.
On first arriving it seemed our kind of camping, nice and open, very close to the beach (about 50ft away) so we decided to have a lazy afternoon and stay the night.
Things went a little awry when we’d paid the fee and tried to find a spot that was level enough and wasn’t going to leave the roof tent ladder in deep sand. Things got worse when the only decent spot turned out to have a feral bees’ nest in the sand next to it, so that was a none starter !
Anyway, eventually we found a suitable spot and made camp. After a chilling out period of reading books we decided that we were more than overdue for a swim in the sea (ocean). Very enjoyable it was too although my attempts at body surfing were less than successful 🙂
The solar shower bag we’d bought as a last minute addition to our kit got it’s first use and it was actually pretty effective, at least good enough to rinse the salt water out of our hair.

Sunset at Sandy Cape

The sunset was amazing with the colours of the sky, the clouds and the sea constantly changing. The sea at dusk seemed even more of a vivid turquoise than it did during the day. We also saw a large stingray cruising through the area we’d been swimming in, which was interesting…
Our “neighbours” are locals (ish) who have worked in the north of WA and gave us a few points of interest to visit on our travels. Tomorrow we’ll head to Geraldton where we’ll plan the next journey inland and restock.