We were awake early so arose at 6.30am for the drive to Point Sampson. The morning was sunny but quite cold. We drove through flat, dusty, boring terraine on good roads. More traffic than usual because of the many mines in this part of the country. We set up the van and then drove about 10km to nearby Wickham, a Rio Tinto mining village where there was a supermarket as we needed to stock up.
Point Sampson is a small seaside town near Karratha and our caravan park is right on the beach.
It is a good fishing spot. There are some homes here and a Tavern, but nothing else. Our caravan site is right on the water and we have a good view of the bay from our van.
The next day we drove into Karrtha and Dampier for a look around, and found Red Dog's statue and of course took a picture of us with Red Dog. Dampier was quite nice as it is situated on the coast, but Karratha is a typical industrial town that supports the surrounding mines. That afternoon we walked along Point Sampson beach. The tide was out and the beach was very rocky with some sandy parts. We joined our neighbours (Elizabeth & Ron from somewhere outside of Perth) for happy hour and swapped stories of our travels.
It was time to catch up on some chores the next morning and we walked again on the beach in the afternoon. Happy hour again with the neighbours before dinner.
TV reception here is garbage, but we can get internet (although it drops out and in) and mobile coverage. There are no touristy things to do here and its great to just go for a walk or sit outside the van with a book and coffee or just do nothing at all!!!
On our last day we spent the morning at the beach, walked by the water again in the afternoon and started to pack up the van (not that it takes very long), so we can get an early start tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow we have a drive of about 560km to Exmouth.
More blog from there.
Cheers
Rhonda (Sam) & Pete
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