This post is about my little trip to Eighty Mile Beach while I was in Broome ! 🙂

If you want to read the previous part of the trip, click here: Part 5: The Gibb River Road.

Details

This is the first time of my trip that I was traveling alone.

Here in a library in Broome is where I started to write down my diary which I’m using now to write this blog. 🙂

I stayed in this nice little city for a few days.

This first day alone, I went to Maccas (McDonald’s for the non-Aussies ^^) for dinner. It was the first time since the beginning of my trip that I ate somewhere else than in my van… ^^ 

The next morning, I went to a Bunnings store to buy a new water bottle and distilled water for Coconut. She was still doing very well. The only thing that I had to do from time to time, was to add some water for the cooling system. 

In the evening, I went swimming in the ocean at Cable beach.

For the first time since almost the beginning, it started to rain a liiittle bit. 

The next day, I started to have the feeling that I was wasting a bit my time here in Broome although I was working on my diary, but I felt like I should do something. So I decided to go a few kilometers back (direction Port Headland) to visit the Eighty Mile Beach that we skipped on our way to Broome with Yayoi. This “short” trip took me 3 days and more than 800km driving (round-trip). Distances are a bit different in Australia than Europe… xD

I drove for almost 200km that first evening and slept next to the road in a free rest area. 

I did the next 220km the following day. A bit boring…

But, as soon as I arrived at Eighty Mile Beach, my negative thoughts ran away quickly when I saw this beauty!

130km (80 miles) of tourists free sandy beach! And billiards of shells! A little paradise! This beach is actually very remote because the 2 nearest towns are Port Headland and Broome which are more than 300km away from here…

I installed myself in the nice campsite (a bit expensive though) next to the entrance of the beach. While I was cooking, the sunset was about to arrive, so I grabbed my camera and went to the beach!

I didn’t regret leaving my dinner (which wasn’t finished to cook ^^)…

The following day, I decided to try fishing for the first time with my brand new fishing line that I bought in Broome. 

I was probably looking a bit funny with my chair, umbrella, bucket and fishing line in the middle of this huge beach while all others fishermen were there with 4WD cars and lots of fishing gear. 😀 

Ok… My first fishing attempt was… Hmmm, how to say…

I actually didn’t catch anything. ^^

I was better at seashells catching than fish catching. ^^

After sunset, I decided to drive direction Broome and slept in a rest area 60km further. 

Another amazing starry sky !

The following day was a boring 360km long and hot trip back to Broome! 

Back in Perth, I had installed this little fridge thermometer inside Coconut to have the in and outside temperature. 

After a few hours driving, I finally arrived at Broome a bit before noon.. 

After that, I went to the famous Cable Beach to take a little free shower. When I was about to leave, a French guy came to me and we talked a little. We actually met each other in the campsite in Broome a few days before. He was about to quit Broome to go to Perth with 2 other travel mates. 

The 2 following days, I started this blog 🙂 and wrote ads on different websites to find travel mates for the next part of my trip. I also went shopping, did a little bit of jogging on the beach and prepared my next trip to the top north of Australia: Darwin. 

Distances

Here are the distances of this part of my trip. 🙂

Day 24 (29.09.2016): Driving: 40.5km
Day 25 (30.09.2016): Driving: 73.5km. Walking: 350m
Day 26 (01.10.2016): Driving: 193km
Day 27 (02.10.2016): Driving: 219km. Walking: 2.1km
Day 28 (03.10.2016): Driving: 92km. Walking: 6.4km
Day 29 (04.10.2016): Driving: 393km
Day 30 (05.10.2016): Driving: 54.9km
Day 31 (06.10.2016): Driving: 31.9km. Walking: 2.6km
Total: Driving: 1,097.8km. Walking: 11.45km

Distances may not be totally accurate. 😉

Map generated automatically by Google Maps showing the itinerary of this part of my trip (created thanks to the GPS of my smartphone). Enlarge the map to see the details. 🙂

What’s next…

Watch my next post about my “lonely” but crazy trip in this wild and hostile outback from Broome to the top North of Australia, Darwin! What you’ll see: Lots of nothing, the biggest lake in Australia, me showering at the back of the van, a bush fire (!!!), waterfalls and kangaroos. 🙂