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slower days...

Its been a quiet few days we left Esperance to retrace our steps west and then south to what will be our most southern point.  We stopped for a couple of nights in Bremer Bay in a camping with power so we were able to power everything up....  except the gas which ran out as we were starting to cook tea. One of the downsides of vanlife...   The great thing about these campsites is they all have camp kitchens so it's not all doom and gloom and we were still able to cook tea although we won't be having that morning cuppa in bed.
Bremner Bay is essentially a small second home Resort but there is a nice headland with some nice cliffs and rocks and surprise surprise...  some really nice white sandy beaches but it was the weekend and it was busy. 
 Although the temperatures are a lot cooler its still very hot without any shade. Dr Fred investigated yet more rocks and I went for a little walk but the heat is quite exhausting... there was a nice beach just down from the campsite and I braved the sea it wasn't very daring as it was very shallow and I would have had to walk about 2 miles before it came over my knees but it was very refreshing.
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  1. Cee Stevenson17 March 2023 at 21:29

    Just my kind of swimming Clair, any deeper and you become dinner for a shark X

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