{"id":534,"date":"2012-04-02T20:57:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T12:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walkabout.be\/?p=534"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:18:45","slug":"shark-bay-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkabout.be\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"Shark Bay, part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 April 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 30th (I&#8217;ll start dating these posts because a year from now I&#8217;ll be lost :))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was very windy last night, but the sunrise was just epic. I had parked the car just so the first light would enter the truck from the barn door, and hit me in the face. Awesome.<br>Quick breakfast, the stove is still playing up, I think it&#8217;s the regulator, I&#8217;ll have to look into that when I get the chance today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The road to Cape Peron and Skipjack Point is very bumpy and sandy but Troopy couldn&#8217;t care less. It&#8217;s a great spot to have a swim up there, so I decide to stop again and spend some time on the beach at Bottle Bay, read my book, swim some more, just great, especially when you&#8217;re absolutely alone, and I mean, absolutely. There&#8217;s no one on that huge beach, which is probably 5km long, white white sand, blue water, the sun, and that&#8217;s it. <br>I love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyways, time to head to Monkey Mia to meet Lia, a CouchSurfer who&#8217;s kind enough to show me around, as she actually works there.  How cool is that.  We said we&#8217;d only have coffee but she invited me to surf at her place with her 20yo son so, even better.  I spend the afternoon lying on the beach, and while I read my book, four dolphins just pass by&#8230;  Of course they&#8217;re on the part you&#8217;re not allowed to swim so it&#8217;s eyes only, but still, that&#8217;s just neat !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Off to Lia&#8217;s and we start dinner at six, then talk so much that her son Jack keeps popping his head of of his room &#8220;muuum, I&#8217;m hungry&#8221; and we end up eating at 10PM :D.  Such cool conversation though.  She&#8217;s been everywhere and we just exchange our opinions on just about anything.  That&#8217;s CouchSurfing for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distance today: 128km, total: 7346km.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 April 2012 March 30th (I&#8217;ll start dating these posts because a year from now I&#8217;ll be lost :)) It was very windy last night, but the sunrise was just epic. 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