Barn Hill station is a working cattle station, about 130 klms south of Broome, which has a camping area near the beach. The 10klm drive down another dirt road was rather hairy as this stretch had puddles on the track as well as the cattle crossing every now and then.
The camping ground is very basic, right on the cliffs on the edge of the ocean, with lots of shade trees which is always nice on those hot days. The showers and toilet blocks didn’t have any roofs which made it interesting at night - sitting on the toilet checking out the stars! The hot water is heated by a very primitive system of wood burning and is hot for two hours in both the morning and in the afternoon. The power was generator run so we couldn’t use our air conditioners or any heating elements which meant that we had to switch our hot water to gas. It is handy that our van is so versatile.
Once we walked to the beach we were in for a treat. The red cliffs and rock formations were fascinating. The area also had a dramatic nine metre tide. At high tide there was a narrow strip of sand along the beach and then at low tide, there is a steep decent to the waters edge where masses of huge rocks have been uncovered by the retreating tide
and you would swear that you were on a different beach.
It was wonderul walking along the beaches viewing the cliffs but the shells were few and far between, we had been spoilt by the millions of them at Eighty Mile Beach.
No comments:
Post a Comment