Just like in the RV magazines 22-6-12

This way please!



Way back before Alana and I started this trip we used to lay in bed at night all tucked up and cozy, musing on our upcoming adventures. So many of the places we thought about were just dots on the map to us, full of mystery and myth.

I would be leafing through my RV magazines (which Alana calls my caravan porn) and I would allways be stopped by any full page ad advertising the latest van pulled up at some secluded or unspoilt beach front, or even articles showing glossy pictures of the same thing. I would lay back and go to sleep wondering if those places were out there and could I reach them in my bitumen anchored Fiat Ducato. May be all those tanterlising full page glossy spreads are just set up for the magazines, just to keep my heart rate up!.
Well I'm pleased to say that we did find one of these picture perfect locations.

It's called Whalebone Bay, which is on the way up to Denham and Monkey Mia on one side of Shark Bay. We pulled in off the side of the road at about 4.00pm not knowing what to expect as we have had some pretty non descript free camps on our travels so far. As we wound our way down to the bay a little ways we were greeted with a magical view, "just like in the RV magazines" ads. There were only a couple of campers here, both of them lined up in a prime position just a few steps away from the sand. Alana and I set up a few meters back and went for a stroll on the beach.

                                                                             

A couple of girls who were traveling together sitting outside their van taking in the setting sun gave us a smile. Alana said something like "This is a horrible spot hey!" to which the girls replied "Yeh! it's shocking". We joined them for a chat after the stroll along the beach and found that they have been traveling fom Innisfail in QLD all the way accross the north now traveling due south.

Meet Dale and Roz, the Leyland Brothers have got nothing on these two.

They had a lot of tips for us on where to stay and some great stories from the road. Alana and I had a good laugh along with them. I lked the way they described themselves as one being the minister for finance while the other said she was the minister for Transport n Housing and Communication. Seriously these two girls looked like a good team and you couldn't help but be swept along with their warm and cheeky humour.

                                                                                   

                                                                     

   

I guess we better go inside soon.