Kings Around Oz: Broome to Karijini

When we left Broome, we felt there was some unfinished business… the kids still hadn’t caught a Barra! So, it was back to Langi Crossing one more time to see if we could have better luck this time. When we got there is was a stinking hot 39 ̊and we were melting! The signs were good though on the first afternoon Glen was able to catch some bait and we could hear and see the Barra jumping out of the water! It wasn’t until late that evening Glen caught our first, legal sized Barra and it was straight to the fridge for that one!

The next morning Emmalisa was up and keen to catch a Barra! First, she caught a catfish, then a crocodile before landing her first Barra and it was huge! She reeled in all 82cm of the Barra all by herself. After lots of cheers and photos we released that one back into the river as it was oversized. Haydan then didn’t want to be shown up by his sister, so his fishing became serious! He also caught a crocodile before he hooked his first Barra! Haydan’s first Barra was 60cm and a nice fish. We were going to release that one back into the river, but it swallowed the hook and wasn’t going to make it, so being legal size that one also made it’s way to the fridge. Now that the kids had caught their Barra we took it easy for the afternoon as it was another 39 ̊day! The next day we left the river and headed to Barn Hill. This was a lovely beach and displayed yet another beautiful sunset. The next morning however the wind was horrendous! The awing nearly blew away and everything was covered in dust. It was not very enjoyable, so we just tried to shelter from the wind and completed some school work.

The next day we made our way to 80 Mile Beach. We were glad to get out of the wind and see some grass rather than red dirt! The beach was magnificent and had thousands of shells everywhere. We all enjoyed collecting shells on the beach, especially Emmalisa. We enjoyed a beach day where the kids played on the beach, collected shells and made sandcastles. While we were at the beach, we also saw turtle tracks that led up the beach to the dunes where the turtle laid their eggs and then headed back down to the water. The wind looked like it was hanging around on the coast so we decided to head to Port Headland to stock up on supplies before we heading inland to Karijini National Park.