{"id":532,"date":"2012-04-02T20:55:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T12:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walkabout.be\/?p=532"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:18:05","slug":"shark-bay-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkabout.be\/?p=532","title":{"rendered":"Shark Bay, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 April 2012 &#8211; After a swim and a quick brekkie to get away from the mozzies, I make my way to Thunder Bay, on the other side of the rock. It&#8217;s yet more sand dunes to get there but definitely worth the hassle. It is probably low tide when I get there because there isn&#8217;t a great deal of blowing through the holes, but through the few cracks on this massive overhang, you can hear (and feel) the wind blowing, it&#8217;s like the earth is breathing. Freaky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunchtime at Denham and I meet a couple of Belgian travelers, <a href=\"https:\/\/walkabout.be\/?p=696\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony and Isabelle<\/a>. They&#8217;ve been on the road for a few months now, from South America to the Easter Island, to New Zealand and now Australia. Nice people. Too short a talk to really get to talk but it was a good encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The road to Denham passed through two interesting points : Shell Beach and Eagle Point.  The first is a humongous beach, as white and blue as they get around here, but instead of fine sand, it&#8217;s trillions of shells that cover the ground.  So many that in fact, where they&#8217;ve been compacted enough, you can actually make bricks out of the stuff.  Eagle bluff is a great viewing point off a cliff that overlooks a shallow bay, with dozens of rays and tiger sharks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of going to Monkey Mia since it&#8217;s best to get there early in the morning for the dolphins feed, I go to the Francois Peron National Park, and spend the night at Herald Bight, alone once again on that pristine beach.  Well I thought I was all alone until a blond chick had her evening jogging, she must be running from one end of the park to the other because I see no campfire or car&#8230;  Or was she a mermaid ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distance today: 290km, total: 7218km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PS : an issue with the stove forces me to cook on just one burner, inside the car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 April 2012 &#8211; After a swim and a quick brekkie to get away from the mozzies, I make my way to Thunder Bay, on the other side of the rock. It&#8217;s yet more sand dunes to get there but definitely worth the hassle. 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