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CARAVANNING & adventure
Stunning Shark Bay and Steep Point WA
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23,000sq km and is a World Heritage site.
stand in the water and then walk under rocky overhangs to get shade and shelter from the hot sun.
the shipwreck history along the rugged coast- line, and with amazing blowholes and spectac- ular lookouts.
rounding areas.
We chose to leave our
smaller trailers to the amazing campgrounds of Steep Point and Edel Land.
With numerous beaches and headlands to explore, amazing fishing is also on offer, particularly for snapper, which West Australians call pink snapper.
They were very amus- ing.
The road eventual- ly linked back to the main road we come in on – the scenic loop was worth doing to see Steep Point and the sur-
caravan at Tamala Sta- tion because we were travelling on our own and were cautious about all the sand drifts and dunes.
If you had a trav- el buddy to help tow and possibly drag you through the soft sand, it would be possible to drive out there.
Keep in mind this area has arguably Aus- tralia’s strictest fishing regulations, so you do need to check the West- ern Australia’s fisheries website for licencing, closures, size and bag limits.
The drive to Steep Point was along a se- ries of corrugated dirt roads, with small sec- tions of bitumen until Edel Land, where ar- eas of sand dunes with steep inclines and de- scents wait to be con- quered.
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Goats aroundTamala Station were a constant source of amusement.
Hamelin Pool is one of only two places in the world where you can see living stromatolites.
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We camped for a few days at Tamala Station, which gives access to the special countryside in Shark Bay itself.
Once the dunes have been mastered, you’ll find yourself out on a beautiful beach with amazing crystal-clear water and a perfect view of Dirk Hartog Island.
The campsites were quite large, but you had to be totally self- sufficient and take in water, food and a port- able toilet.
It was a truly wonder- ful place and felt like one of the more remote locations we’d been to.
It is very rugged, with many rocky outcrops and sand drifts making up much of the terrain.
Follow the beach until you find a few breath- taking beach spots and campgrounds.
We used Tamala Sta- tion as a base for day trips out to Steep Point.
Saying that, many people were in con- voy towing boats and
Goats and different sea birds nestled on top of the rocky outcrops were highlights of the wildlife scene.
The sand is replaced by solid rock and shaly tracks to the carpark, nestled high on a cliff overlooking the deep blue ocean, with signs marking the most west- ern point of the Aus- tralian continent – look north to see Dirk Har- tog Island.
The goats were amus- ing, as they had their own little caves they would hide in during the heat of the day, but when it started to cool off in the afternoon, they piled out one-by- one to forage.
After snapping a cou- ple of photos, we fol- lowed a track south through Edel Land where signs told of
It was similar to watching ants leave the nest.
The goats would even
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