Skipjack Point

Woke to another spectacular morning, this time at The Big Lagoon in the Francois Peron National Park.

Nothing prepared us for the awe inspiring day ahead of us.

After a short walk along the beach (where we discovered terracotta coloured cliffs along the sandy beach),

we left the lagoon and drove the four wheel drive road out to Skipjack Point and Cape Peron.
 The amazing view before me, at Skipjack Point, will remain imprinted on mind for the rest of my life, I'm sure, and the slow drive through deep sand, corrugations and clay pans was worth every bit of effort.

This place, in real life, is even better than any travel brochure photograph. 

 Photography cannot do it justice, so I apologise for the poor photographs in this blog.

As we looked down from Skipjack Point, we could see manta rays, stingrays, and dolphins in the most pristine and crystal clear water imaginable. In the sky a wedge tailed eagle rode the air currents directly above our heads.

Red cliffs, azure waters, blue sky, white feathery clouds.

Drove back to Denham to check out Monkey Mia Resort in the hope that we would be there early enough to see the dolphins tomorrow. We didn't like the campsite they wanted to allocate us so we drove back to Denham where we booked into the Denham Seaside Tourist Park. 

Our camp is literally a few steps from the beach. This park boasts that it's the most westerly caravan park in Australia.

Watched another beautiful sunset and dined with fellow campers in the camp kitchen before retiring early.

After all these years of wanting to see the dolphins at Monkey Mia, I suddenly decided that I didn't want to go tomorrow...all seems too controlled for me. Perhaps we will get another chance on our trip to see dolphins close up in the wild.