Mullewa Southern Loop

 On our way south we always seem to drop in for a couple of night at Tenindewa Well free camp just west of Mullewa. It is a great spot with lots of wildflowers, views, level camping spots, and this year more birds than you could poke a stick at. Flies were very friendly during the days necessitating the use of fly veils if your outside, but the upside this year was that there were very few mossies at night and no flies.

Camp at Tenindewa 

This drone shot of our camp site captures the tranquillity of the place. If you look closely at the photo you will note a smudge near the centre of the photos which is actually a bird (Swallow I think) which was dive bombing my drone.

There are two self-drive loops around Mullewa called the Northern Loop and Southern Loop (surprisingly north and south of Mullewa). Last year you may recall we did the Northern Loop so this year it was time to tick the Southern Loop off the bucket list. For those interested in doing these drives a map can be found HERE

I was a little disappointed in the Southern Loop as although there are a lot of sites with signs and information in many cases nothing remains of the actual historical site (so in my video there are quite a lot of photos of signs but not what the sign is describing. It’s a 145km drive around the loop so still worth doing. 

There are a lot of little dance/community halls spread out across the region and these were extremely popular in the days before E-Harmony and Tinder where you had to actually go out to have a chance of meeting someone and then sweep them off their feet at the local Saturday night dance!

I am just old enough to remember sliding around on the dance floor as a kid – they used to put a powder on the floor called “pops” which made it easier to slide.

The wreath flowers near Pindar were pretty spectacular this time and covered over a kilometre of barren roadside. Its always difficult to convey the scale of things in a single photo so this time round - used my drone -  came out pretty good I reckon -  see video below.

HERE is the link to a short video I made 

Horrocks Beach

 After over three months of basking in the warm Pilbara sun, in mid September it was time to head slowly south towards home. 

As we were committed to catching up with family and friends on the 4th October to do some sightseeing out in the wheatbelt (doing the Wheatbelt Way Drive Trail) we had 20 nights to fill in before catching up. 

Horrocks townsite

We decided to spend a week at Horrocks Beach Caravan Park (about 80km north of Geraldton) for no other reason that we had not been there before, and the reviews on-line were good. Horrocks is one of those little seaside settlements that once would have been all beach shacks. Today it is becoming yuppy and although most of the beach shacks still remain, towering above them, are million-dollar retirement homes. 

Nice flowers

The sheltered swimming areas, beautiful clean sandy beaches, and clean and tidy town must be a mecca for holiday makers in summer – but not so in early spring, with a couple days of over 45km southwest winds interspersed with quiet sunny days but the cool nights had us digging out our coats, beanies, and UGG boots.

Long beach walks with the hound became a morning ritual.

obviously - the Pink Lake

We did a day trip via Port Gregory into Kalbarri for lunch taking in the costal scenery on the way – nice day out.

Bowes River sunrise

This was going to be the first week in months where the fishing gear stayed stowed away but I just couldn’t help myself and got up an hour before sunrise to flick some surface lures for bream in the nearby Bowes River – not a sign of a fish but took some good drone photos.

Finally a “thumbs up” for the Caravan Park – nice and clean, good amenities, and some green stuff on the ground – apparently it’s called grass?

Short Video is HERE