Buggered. Couldn't get up so left way later than planned. Got here at 4pm - only took 3.5 hours to drive. Awesome drive. I love the long roads, singing to dodgy songs in my car and clocking a comfortable 120-130km along the way. Also, I'm not a "hoon" if anyone thinks I am for those speeds. I, unlike the majority of muppets on the road actually enjoy driving. I tend to drive what I'm comfortable at, which invariably is not the 'recommended' limit.

Set up my tent. Met my next door neighbour, a lovely man who offered to move his car, help me with my tent, offered me a hammer (thanks I have 2!) and told me he'd been travelling around wa for the past 7 months with his wife.

I checked out the town. Had a dip in the ocean - god damn it was so warm!, got fish n chips for dinner, ate it in the sun on the lawn opp the wharf and then headed to Griffiths Island. I was on that Island from 7:30pm until 10pm. I got some lovely shots of the lighthouse at sunset, met hoppalong (wallaby) and then walked back - IN THE DARK. Ok it was light when I left and then I was trying to take more shots of the water and oopps it's getting real dark. All of a sudden these birds appear out of nowhere and are flying around everywhere. It was beautiful. I could not capture them at all. Phooey. Then I can hardly make out the path.... birds are flying overhead everywhere, there's sounds coming out of the bushes and animals I can't see rustling and moving about. I don't even have a torch. I run. In thongs. I figure it's dark so there's no giant snakes or crocodiles and those big brown things look like Tasmanian devils. Run Run Run. Awesome spot just not recommended when it's real dark. And not alone. Take a bloke with you.

Cider and I'm going to try an ep of boardwalk empire unless I fall asleep beforehand. Episode 7!!!!!


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