NW Coast Rd - GRR - Grt Nthn Hwy

Thanks Sue
Thinking of heading E off Nth Coast Hwy onto Butcher's track then onto Carnarvon Mullewa Road heading N. There is a little back tracking but it wont bother us too much. I'll take on board what you have suggested with thanks.

With regard to Quobba, I was going to camp there but thought maybe it might get a little noisy with the blow holes what do you think?

The kids will be fine, I've got a treasure hunt and competition going on for them and us which needs their keen eye and querying minds. I'll post a copy of our first day's Quiz sheet for anyone to gain an idea for their kids/adults.

And lastly I have given a few places a miss either because they are close and I can do another time or I can fly there and be a real tourist:) You know the kind, where you kick back and let someone else do all the driving and you can have someone else do the cooking/cleaning....mmm...WHAT AM I DOING? Snap out of it! I'll Stop dreaming ...I'm going on a real holiday uhg! uhg!

Dirt Princess - Treat the coast around the Blowholes and Quobba with great caution. It's not called King Wave country for nothing.

I remember seeing a story on the 'net (with pictures) quite a number of years ago.
A group of blokes went fishing near the Blowholes. They had a Nissan Patrol wagon, and they parked the Nissan about 50M back from the cliff top, and pulled out all their gear and went fishing off the cliff top.

It was a 12M metre cliff with a vertical face, and all flat country on the area where they were fishing from, and where the Nissan was parked.

Next thing, one bloke yells out - "RUN!" - as he spots a king wave rear up out of nowhere.
This king wave BROKE OVER THE TOP OF THE 12M CLIFF!!! The blokes stated it was at least a 15M wave!

The "tsunami" of the volume of water from the wave, sent all the blokes sprawling and swimming for over 200M.
The wave knocked the Nissan Patrol over onto its side - and the blokes lost a lot of their gear that was lying on the ground around them and near the Nissan.

It was just the greatest piece of luck, that none of the blokes drowned. They had to organise help to right and recover the Nissan - and that episode put a far greater respect for that country into their minds, than they ever had before.

Even at Kalbarri, about 15 mths ago, my brother and SIL were standing on some rocks, several metres above the sea just South of Kalbarri - when a king wave clobbered them, and dragged them both down into the rocks. My brother is 70, and SIL is 64.
They suffered huge amounts of bruising, skin missing, wrenched joints - and they lost mobile phones, cameras, purse, wallet, the lot.

It wasn't a happy experience for them and they both nearly drowned. They aren't risk takers, and they are both very experienced outbackers and bushies.

My gosh Ron how scary is that! Thanks so much for the warning. Thank God no-one was killed.
Cheers again, I'm goin' to tell hubby to fish somewhere else. As he is a bit of a risk taker.