Showing posts with label Eighty Miles Beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eighty Miles Beach. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 December 2015

Eighty Mile Beach, WA

Eighty Mile Beach, lies along the north-west coast of Western Australia about half-way between the towns of Broome and Port Hedland. It is a beach some 220 klms (140 mile) in length, forming the coastline where the Great Sandy Desert approaches the Indian Ocean.

What a great beach this is with it's shells, as you walk along the beach you can feel them under your feet.
There is a caravan park just a few steps from the beach, the power is by generator provided by the people who look after the Caravan Park.
The Park is closed for the Cyclone Season, which is wise.
To buy groceries you have to drive south to Port Hedland about 400klm.  Milk and frozen bread (fresh bread) can be purchased at the park shop.

Looking one way, the beach is endless, looking the other way, it's endless.
There are also a couple of sunset photos as we did stay here two nights, then headed further south.




Looking for shells


1st nights sunset and the Indian Ocean


I remember standing there taking a few photos knowing that I would not see the sea again for a few nights :)


A Memorial to the Vietnam Veterans at 80 mile beach. 
Many of them go there in the winter for a holiday.


 A barbecue after the evening service.  Everyone was invited by word of mouth, but of course not everyone went.




Part of the caravan park, new sites are being done.




The men and women fishing






The second nights sunset


The road in and out to 80 miles beach - 10 klms of a corrugated road, which isn't too bad.