Day 68 Friday 19th August

Day 68 Friday 19th August

We left our beautiful freecamp on the banks of the Murchison River heading for Kalbarri. It didn't take us very long to get there but when we arrived there was some bad news. All the caravan parks in Kalbarri were totally full and as we were all hoping to have water and power. We weren't sure what we were going to do. Kalbarri has some magnificent coastal views along with beautiful gorge views inland, on the Murchison River. We looked at an option of staying further south at Pt Gregory as we could get into a park there but then realised it was 65 kms from Kalbarri and this would be quite long drive back to Kalbarri to see the sights. 20 kms out from Kalbarri we found a farm at a place called Wagoe Beach. It advertised water and powered sites so we drove into it. Well, we really fell on our feet. There was a group of people staying in the chalets and one site had a camper trailer on it but the rest of the area was available. We were to find out later that these people were here for a beach wedding. 4 wheel drive vehicles were decorated with ribbons for the drive on the beach and we saw the bride and bridesmaids  having their photos taken before the cermony. The sites over looked the ocean and we couldn't believe what a wonderful place we had come to. It was also very inexpensive. In front of our sites we could see large sandhills and beyond that the huge swell of the ocean, at times crashing into some  cliffs and sending water high into the air. We also spotted several whales. After we had settled in and had lunch we drove along the coast back to Kalbarri stopping in at vaious coastal cliffs including, Natural Bridge, Island Rock, Eagle Gorge and Pot Alley. We also went to a very famous surfing area called Jakes Point and was amazed at the 20 or so surfers who were riding the huge waves. Close to the town of Kalbarri, the Murchison River empties into the ocean and it is quite spectacular. We called in here too. Back to our caravans at Wagoe Beach we settled in around a fire again with another SA couple who had arrived.