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Raylene with a threadfin salmon snagged from the shore of Another cracking thready for Raylene. Eighty Mile Beach.
FWishing paradise between Broome and Port Hedland
ELCOME to Eighty Mile can enjoy them too.
Beach in Western Aus- Eighty Mile Beach is obviously a tralia, a fishing mecca huge stretch of coast that you can
Caravanning
by TODD EVELEIGH
located three and a half hours drive drive along and experience amaz-
south of Broome and two and a half hours north of Port Hedland.
the remote parts of Eighty Mile. Keep in mind that when you are staying at a station, you will need to be self sufficient with food, water and obviously a toilet, and take your rubbish away with you.
ing views, particularly the sunsets. Watching the sun setting over the water was amazing for us east-coast- ers who don’t get the opportunity to see it.
A few options for places to stay at Eighty Mile Beach include the rustic retreat Barn Hill Station, with beautiful red cliffs to camp on overlooking the beach and water. The station’s staff is friendly and encourage you to come down for happy hour drinks and a game of bare foot bowls on the lawn bowling green.
The reason station stays are harder to access is because people aren’t respecting landowners and their land, by leaving rubbish – and even worse, toilet paper and what goes with it – all over the landscape.
The abundant bird life and sea- shells of various shapes and sizes were truly wonderful and something I have never seen before, especially the size of several shells, with many still fully intact.
The Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park is another option, which has the typical caravan park offering and amenities. If you’re lucky enough and are in the know, a station stay is a possible alternative.
I totally support them – it is truly disgusting what certain people do when they have a fantastic oppor- tunity to stay in a place that not everyone gets to see. So please, if you do have the opportunity to stay at a station take your rubbish with you, respect the rules, and respect the landowners, so others
We noticed around the popular camp spots that people had har- vested the shells and any good- sized shells were hard to find within a substantial distance of these locations. So remember, if you do get the opportunity to ex- perience Eighty Mile Beach, leave the shells where they are as col- lecting them is prohibited, and it really does take away an aspect of the beach that sets it apart from many others.
Stations are amazing places to stay thought it can be quite difficult at times to obtain permission to access
The magnificent Eighty Mile Beach.
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While we were in the area, there was some crazy weather, with very strong winds blowing and whipping up dust storms, which again was something quite new to us. The colour of the red dirt blocking the sun gave it quite an apocalyptic