We have found paradise!

It was an easy drive across the Eyre Hwy down to Streaky Bay, where we filled the caravan tanks up with water before camping at Perlubie Beach.

We had seen photos of the beach where our friends the Beesons and the Cronans have been camped. I thought they must have taken the photos at an angle to make it look like they were right on the beach, but I was wrong… they actually were camped right on the sand in a beautiful little bay called Perlubie Beach.

We pulled up next to them and set up on the sand. We felt like we had found paradise! The beach had handmade thatched shelters, soft white sand, crystal clear shallow water and plenty of rock caves for the kids to explore.

 
 

 

The first night, as we sat and had a few drinks with our friends, nature put on a show for us with a magical sunset over the ocean. We fell asleep to the beautiful sounds of the waves gently crashing as the tide came in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our second day in paradise was Will's 9th birthday. A very excited little boy woke us up early and was busting to open his birthday presents. We were soon joined by some of the other kids who were keen to see Will's new toys.

After a very relaxed breakfast we drove along the beach to some fantastic sand dunes. The kids (both big and small!) grabbed their body boards and headed up the steep slopes. After a few rides/runs/falls down the side of the dunes, their legs became tired and they became hot and sweaty. They had great fun but the sun was beating down on them so they headed to the ocean to cool off.  Some of the kids came back in the car, the rest swam back along the bay to our camp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch and a game of beach cricket, we had birthday cake, then the older boys went exploring the rock caves. The tide was in so they jumped on their boards and explored from the water.

 

 

 

Just as we were putting three very exhausted kids into bed, the heavens opened. It poured with rain all night and for most of the next day. We decided it was time to move on as it's not much fun camping on the beach in the rain.

We parted ways with the others because we needed to get to a caravan park with power. Dan's new laptop won’t charge from our inverter and he has work to do. So we are off to stay at Ceduna for a couple of days before tackling the Nullarbor Plain.