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Wednesday, 26 November 2025

80 Mile Beach, Western Australia.

Eighty Mile Beach is a 220 klm stretch of white sand in Western Australia, located halfway between Broome and Port Hedland. It is a popular spot for fishing and shell collecting, known for its spectacular sunsets and as a vital wetland for migratory birds and a nesting ground for flatback turtles. Due to risk of jellyfish, sharks, and crocodiles, swimming is not recommended, although some visitors use the caravan park for a base to enjoy the surroundings..

We have stayed at 80 miles beach a few times and enjoyed it. Walked along part of the beach, collected shells and watched the sunsets. The area is rather isolated being rather hot in the winter when we travelled there each time with no humidity.

The photo of the Flatback Turtle (borrowed) and it spends 99.5% of its time in Australia.

Friday, 5 May 2023

White Beach, Tasmania

White Beach is about 10 minutes drive from Port Arthur, it's a sheltered beach and popular with locals and visitors.

Fishing is popular, fish to be caught, Calamari, Tasmanian salmon, sand flathead, whiting, flounder and mackerel. The beach doesn't appear to be very wide but did notice it wider in another place.

Monday, 29 March 2021

Along the Mid North West Coast, Tasmania

Scenery between Penguin and Ulverstone. Those Island are called the Three Sisters and have plenty of bird life.

The last photo before the map is part of the Ulverstone Beach.

Whilst staying in Devonport we had to have our vehicle serviced as it was due, so the company let us hire a car for the duration of the service - the car below which cost us $25.00.

We are off again for Easter leaving Tuesday for a few weeks, it depends on the weather.

Take care and be safe.

Have a lovely Easter.

Friday, 26 March 2021

Penguin, Tasmania

This Sunday my husband and myself are having the Covid-19 Vaccine. Our Dr. sent us a text message to book which I did, only have to wait 4 days.

Penguin in Tasmania is another place we drove to not long after Valentines Day. It's a small town where many people from mainland Australia have settled and are settling to live. The foreshore is being redone with a new footpath, rocks put in place on the wall at the beach, a height of activity the morning we visited.

Penguin painting everywhere in the main street nearly and there is a penguin colony not too far away, they are Fairy Penguins.

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

A Shark Killed a Man in Broome, WA

Tragic news from Broome in Western Australia (WA) where a shark attacked and killed a man off Cable Beach where the man was body surfing. His body was recovered. This happened a few days ago. The last time a shark killed a man was back in 1993. The beach has been closed for the time being.

My photos of Cable Beach when we were there 5 years ago. It's a small town with this beautiful beach where people come to watch the sunsets, have picnics on the sand mainly for their evening meal. The town is isolated as there are no large towns or cities near it.

I have included a map. Broome is about 6,000km from home here in Launceston, Tasmania. There of course is a shorter route by vehicle but for a part of it is just a track.

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Forth River at Turners Beach.

The Forth River flowing into Bass Strait. Just around the corner is a small village called Turners Beach, there is a caravan park there. We used to stay a lot at the caravan park not in busy times and towards the end of our lease and when we no longer had the Garden Centre, if Staff needed us at the weekend we were not far away, that's before we retired! In those days we had another caravan which served us well.

Even though I was a Registered Nurse for several years and nursing I made a career change and joined my husband in his work that being a Nurseryman and Horticulturist. We had a Garden Centre and Nursey, sold Giftware and all manner of things. The people that owned the building and business my husband had managed it for many years, the day it opened in fact then together we leased that business for several years. We worked long hours 7 days a week and rarely took holidays.

I loved it, similar to nursing in one way.

Now that garden centre and nursery is closed after many people leased it and then the building sold.

From memory our business was one of the first to have a 'homepage' on the internet :) Wonderful memories.

The Forth Bridge below

Turners Beach sunset. Always can count on a reasonable sunset from this beach which I might add is rather pebbly. Horses and riders sometimes ride along the beach, there are stairs from the caravan park to the beach.

Friday, 24 January 2020

A few days in Mackay, Queensland

We moved further norther on the east coast of Australia to Mackay, a lovely city.
The caravan park is one we usually stay in and there were people there from the year before that we caught up with.

The lady drinking tea or coffee, well she's in her dressing gown, her husband took off to do some shopping in their motor home and left her there. It did look rather strange so I took the opportunity to take a photo.
Then a sunset at the caravan park.

The marina at Mackay, Queensland.

Up on a hill, the lookout over the sea and beach. People come here to see if any whales can be spotted making their journey north.

Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Hawley

After Squeaking Point we headed around the corner to Hawley Beach. When our children were little we spent some time here staying in a house during the school holidays in summer.
Across from here you can see Bakers Beach back a few posts.