Cape Range National Park
We woke up today and decided it was too windy to go fishing, so decided to go to the other side of Cape Range National Park instead. We had to drive in and through Exmouth, so checked out the wreck of the Mildura and a number of possible beach fishing spots on the way.
Sturt's Desert Pea (WA variety)
It was a stunning 13k drive out to Shotover Canyon through the ranges on a dirt road crossing lots of dry and stony creek beds as we went. The colour of the rocks and trees was amazing. We stopped in a picnic ground to make our lunch-the only people there, and then climbed some steps to take photos of the canyon. We passed one car on the way out.
We drove back to the main road then headed towards Learmonth stopping on the way at a local prawn factory to buy some locally caught cooked and raw green prawns for a very reasonable price. King prawns $17 per kg and green for $12. We ate the cooked prawns with a glass of wine before dinner tonight and I plan to make Cajun prawn pasta tomorrow night with the green ones.
On to Learmonth Jetty where we watched a group of kids catching flat head, squid, a large scary looking eel and trying hard not to catch a sea snake. After that, we headed back into the National park on another road that crossed an extremely narrow ridge at times for a very different view of the ranges and Exmouth Gulf.
I used the elevation to make a few phone calls which was good. I rang James and Beth who are also here in Exmouth to find they are leaving tomorrow as they hate the place. Beth really can’t cope with the mozzies and their park is very dusty with very few trees. I find when you really love a park (like Coral Bay) the next can be a bit of an anti-climax-then the next is OK again.
Sturt's Desert Pea (WA variety)
It was a stunning 13k drive out to Shotover Canyon through the ranges on a dirt road crossing lots of dry and stony creek beds as we went. The colour of the rocks and trees was amazing. We stopped in a picnic ground to make our lunch-the only people there, and then climbed some steps to take photos of the canyon. We passed one car on the way out.
We drove back to the main road then headed towards Learmonth stopping on the way at a local prawn factory to buy some locally caught cooked and raw green prawns for a very reasonable price. King prawns $17 per kg and green for $12. We ate the cooked prawns with a glass of wine before dinner tonight and I plan to make Cajun prawn pasta tomorrow night with the green ones.
On to Learmonth Jetty where we watched a group of kids catching flat head, squid, a large scary looking eel and trying hard not to catch a sea snake. After that, we headed back into the National park on another road that crossed an extremely narrow ridge at times for a very different view of the ranges and Exmouth Gulf.
I used the elevation to make a few phone calls which was good. I rang James and Beth who are also here in Exmouth to find they are leaving tomorrow as they hate the place. Beth really can’t cope with the mozzies and their park is very dusty with very few trees. I find when you really love a park (like Coral Bay) the next can be a bit of an anti-climax-then the next is OK again.
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