Point Samson (near Karratha) (2 nights)

We arrived at Point Samson to get the last camping spot at the Samson Beach Caravan Park, which is better than last time were there 15 years ago when it was full and we ended up parking up our van in the adjacent pub car park and sleeping there.  We explored the beach, great rocky shoreline and watched boats coming and going.  Leon and John went fishing (no luck!) while Enzo and I checked out the pub to see if there were any changes since my last visit, nothing to report.  We also made a day trip into Karratha and Dampier to check out the area and also visited the North West Shelf Gas Project visitor centre (very interesting!).  The lady at the visitor centre gave us tip off about a humpback whale being spotted in the bay nearby so we headed down there.  We saw a pair of whales in the bay, but only just, they weren’t leaping about and spouting as one would hope, they then went out with the tide and we saw one of them do a leap/dive once they got out to the open sea.  Once we got back to the camp site it poured down and we experienced some drainage issues in the tent due to some terrain aspects and human error (the door wasn’t zipped up!).

Having a Bundi at the Point Samson Tavern, just one this time!

Leon whale watching with North West Shelf Gas plant in the background