We made sure we packed everything away only to find that
Swiper swiped Daddy's left thong overnight, and had a go at Zander's croc too -
but preferred the size 13 rubbery delight instead. Cheeky bastard. Wait till I see
him tonight....
Off to Steep Point proper today, we have camped on the
sheltered side for obvious reasons, and it's safer for the boys, is about a
20min sandy drive to get there.
This is the westernmost point of Oz and sheer cliff face,
so caution and common sense needed. There is a knob right out past the sign, so
I tentatively made my way out there and sat on it for a photo moment & it
is literally a Steep Point cliff-face...
We got some pics by the sign and
then spotted a pod of fin whales out to sea. More pics and the boys loved it.
A short drive down from there is where they get all the
big fish. They label this point the best land based fishing location in the
world, but it doesn't come easy. Try needing some big gear, at least 1000m of
line on your reel, and testicles made out of steel!!!
There are rod holders mounted into the rock right along
the cliff face, the drop would be 150-200ft to the ocean, and the wind blows
here. Not for the faint hearted. They get big marlin, sailfish, spaniards, you
name it, if they are sport fish they get caught here & a lot of which are
on balloon baits.
Unfortunately for me, this all goes on like donkey kong
in the summer months, it was a ghost town today but you know you are in
land-based fishing heaven when you see filleting tables and rod holders mounted
into rock, and an outhouse built in the middle of nowhere. Brilliant stuff and
I will come back here one day - there is no doubt about it.
Around the corner was Zuytdorp Cliffs (pronounced
zurtoff) which are pretty spectacular. Sheer cliffs that run all the way south
to Kalbarri. A sight for sore eyes and caution needed again. The boys were cold and went back to the car,
as I was taking more photos a pod of humpbacks came straight past!!! I got the
boys and they we're stoked, 2 types of whales within an hour. The marine life over here is just
spectacular, great for the boys.
On that, back at camp I was fishing again and I saw about
10 stingrays float past, at least 5 turtles...& big turtles swim past also,
the list gets bigger every day. I indulged in about 10 of the oysters on the
rocks, they were little small but you cant get any fresher than that. It just
bent my flathead screwdriver a little getting them off.
Will try my luck in some whiting tonight, another day in
paradise tomorrow..
Jase
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