Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th June, 2025

Well, waking up in our camping spot at Glenna Bridge was  one of those magical experiences that we hope for when we are travelling. Before sunrise there was lots of wildlife on the river, including many black swans. With a gentle, rising mist it was quite breathtaking.

Our first stop on our journey yesterday was at the Kalbarri Skywalk. We arrived at lunchtime and decided to eat before looking around. 

As we sat at a table we were joined by another travelling couple and talked with them for about 45 minutes whilst we all had lunch. They had done a track with a group of other people and found it a wonderful experience. They were heading off to see Mt Augustus and the Kennedy Ranges next. They sleep in a tent, which makes life very simple, but it wouldn’t be our cup of tea these days, though we’ve done so in the past. They are about my age I think.

Then we wandered around between the two skywalks, taking photos and generally enjoying the experience.

On our way to our next campsite we called in at the IGA in Kalbarri for a couple of important items, then went to the dump point which has a separate potable water point, a necessary step as Lucky Bay Campground does not have any water.

The road in is supposed to be 4WD only, but of course on arrival here we saw a little camper van tucked away in a corner. The road had lots of small potholes, a few light corrugations and some areas where there was water over the road, but not deep. So, well done to the camper van.

After settling in we went for a walk down to the beach to watch the sunset. We paid for one night at the ranger station on our way in, but have decided to stay two nights as it seems worthwhile.

Today we’ve walked about 2.5kms up the beach to a lagoon. The beach is long and wide and fairly firm, so good for driving on, though we haven’t attempted it. The only tricky part is the access point where the road is roughed up as vehicles make the turn onto the beach section.

Still, we felt good about walking, it was quite a long walk for us, 5kms return, but it feels satisfying. Although it is sunny here and I didn’t wear a jumper on the walk, Stephen did, and took a coat as well. It was fine in the sun, but when I sat in the shade opposite the lagoon it was a bit chilly.

We stayed out there for quite a while.

There are whales passing this beach and with the help of Stephen’s binoculars we could see one clearly, and other possible whales further out.

Before going out I cooked up a soup for our thermal cooker. You have to make sure everything is very hot before putting it into the outer pot, which I heated up with boiling water. It wasn’t ready when we got back for lunch, so we will have it for our evening meal.

I forgot to mention that our inverter has failed. This happened a couple of nights ago after I had been cooking in the electric frying pan. Our electric kettle only draws about 900watts, but it was whilst using it that the inverter shut down. The next morning, this was at Nerren Nerren, we took everything off the benches so that we could take a look. We have a remote button, but I also tried switching the physical button on and off, plus there appears to be a reset button, which didn’t work either.

So, we’ve reverted to using the gas stove, which is a pain as, once we open the cover, it takes up most of the bench space and it’s difficult to prepare food. We have an Ecoflow power station, which I am using for things that I can’t do on the stove, such as charging this laptop and blow drying my hair. We can recharge it from an Anderson plug whilst driving, but it does take away from charging the house batteries. Even if we aren’t using house battery power for cooking and boiling the kettle we still need it for all of our 12V appliances, such as the fridge, the hot water ignition, the diesel heater fan and the Starlink mini.