First off, I don’t know how long the beach actually is, wikipedia claims it is 140 miles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Mile_Beach.
I do know it is stunning and that it is the only time in my life that I think I’ll have access to as much beach as this with no one else present.
The reason why – the drive to get here. It was horrendous. We left Karijini, refueled at Port Hedland, and then turned off at the sign for the caravan park, before taking what I can only describe as the “wrongest” turn on the trip so far. We’ve spent hours backtracking across a station to get here, all of the roads appear to be unused for a significant period of time, and the fields of kangaroos and cattle don’t appear to know what to make of us in our trucks. Given the chance though I’d do it all again. This place is stunning, and we really are spoilt in WA with our choice of beaches, this appears to be one of the best.
I’ve managed to get the drone airborne for the first time on this trip as well. for all of about five minutes before overconfidence and lack of skill saw it hurtle into a sand dune at full speed. I hope it’s ok, it was amazing having a different view of where we are.
The next stop is Broome where it’s the final rest, recharge, refuel, reload, stop before we head to Derby and the start of the Gibb. I’m looking forward to having a real bed for a couple of nights and some icy cold Matso’s beers.