80 Mile Beach

27th October 2010

Arrived at 80 Mile Beach after an overnight stay at Port Smith where Nathan had a go at Mud crabbing but ended up fishing and catching some more Trevally.

This is an absolutely ffantastic stretch of coastline with an abundance of shells and great fishing.  We noticed while setting up that everyone was heading to the beach to go fishing so we quickly headed down the beach as well. In the matter of minutes Nathan had caught 2 threadfin Salmon.  One was 65cms so a great size.  This was the best fish we have ever tasted (being cooked and eaten fresh from the surf helped) even the girls liked it.

The tides in this part of WA are still massive and it is amazing to check out how quickly and how far the water recedes, while checking out another fantastic WA sunset over sea!

80 mile beach is not a great place for swimming.  Warnings all around to watch out for sharks and Nathan and the kids saw quite a few while they were fishing.  We also saw the evidence of last years cyclone in the area.  All the trees were stripped, nothing left.

It is really starting to get very hot up here, but at least it keeps the number of tourists down. Be a great place to visit again when the shade trees have recovered.