Decided to venture into the nearby National Park Cape Le Grand for a few days bush camping. We have plans to spend some quality time on the swimming, walking and trying out the 4WD on the beach.
We set up camp at Lucky Bay – named by a sailor that found shelter there in a storm 100(ish) years ago. Beautiful bush setting with kangaroos and the beach only a few meters away. We all got changed into swimsuits and headed to the beach. Lucky Bay is a long white stretch of beach with crystal clear turquoise water. Unfortunately, you couldn’t sit on the sand because of the number of 4WD drives moving along the beach made sitting on it precarious. The kids didn’t mind and headed straight into the water for their first WA swim.
Must say a bit too cold for Tim and I. Due to space saving requirements, we had not packed beach towels for this trip, so once the kids got out of the water they had to share a couple of hiking towels the size of a small child’s arm as protection from the chill wind. Brrrrrr! To warm up we got the kids doing the 100 metre dash up and down the beach. Nothing like a competition to motivate these kids. The Bannigan genes are strong.
Back at the campsite a lot more people had set up camp and it was the first time we have camped with other kids. N,S and L made immediate friends with an 11 year old girl named Amber from Perth. She very quickly became part of the gang and the kids spent lots of time together playing handball and Uno. We went for a late afternoon walk to Thistle Cove (incl Amber) which was about and hour away. Great to be out walking on a sunny afternooon. Nicky took an early lead and kept up a powerfully quick pace. He was determined to beat the time to do the walk that had been indicated at the start (loves a competition!). He also seemed to enjoy looking for the waymarks that marked the trail and leading everyone down the path. There were spectacular views up and down the coast and lots of granite islands and cliff line. We didn’t finish the whole walk as the day was getting on. Nicky was very keen to come back the next day to do the walk again
On the way back Amber nearly trod on a brown snake basking in the sun. Needless to say we kept a sharp eye out for snakes on the way back!
Tim and I spent the evening, whilst the kids played Uno, gazing up at the stars. We could see the milkyway stretching across the heavens.
We set up camp at Lucky Bay – named by a sailor that found shelter there in a storm 100(ish) years ago. Beautiful bush setting with kangaroos and the beach only a few meters away. We all got changed into swimsuits and headed to the beach. Lucky Bay is a long white stretch of beach with crystal clear turquoise water. Unfortunately, you couldn’t sit on the sand because of the number of 4WD drives moving along the beach made sitting on it precarious. The kids didn’t mind and headed straight into the water for their first WA swim.
Must say a bit too cold for Tim and I. Due to space saving requirements, we had not packed beach towels for this trip, so once the kids got out of the water they had to share a couple of hiking towels the size of a small child’s arm as protection from the chill wind. Brrrrrr! To warm up we got the kids doing the 100 metre dash up and down the beach. Nothing like a competition to motivate these kids. The Bannigan genes are strong.Back at the campsite a lot more people had set up camp and it was the first time we have camped with other kids. N,S and L made immediate friends with an 11 year old girl named Amber from Perth. She very quickly became part of the gang and the kids spent lots of time together playing handball and Uno. We went for a late afternoon walk to Thistle Cove (incl Amber) which was about and hour away. Great to be out walking on a sunny afternooon. Nicky took an early lead and kept up a powerfully quick pace. He was determined to beat the time to do the walk that had been indicated at the start (loves a competition!). He also seemed to enjoy looking for the waymarks that marked the trail and leading everyone down the path. There were spectacular views up and down the coast and lots of granite islands and cliff line. We didn’t finish the whole walk as the day was getting on. Nicky was very keen to come back the next day to do the walk again
On the way back Amber nearly trod on a brown snake basking in the sun. Needless to say we kept a sharp eye out for snakes on the way back!
Tim and I spent the evening, whilst the kids played Uno, gazing up at the stars. We could see the milkyway stretching across the heavens.
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