The next chapter of our adventure was to head further north to Kalumburu, which was originally a mission founded in 1908 by Benedictine monks. The mission still runs here and they have a store and a campground and a wonderful museum with an interesting history. The road between Mitchell Plateau and Kalumburu continued to be reasonably corrugated and then deteriorated to about 40km/hr for the last 20km. Thank goodness we still really enjoy the drives as well.

We decided to stay at Honeymoon Bay as we'd heard that it was quite remote and beautiful. It is quite isolated and run by an aboriginal family, so not a lot gets done around the place. We found a wonderful campsite right on the beach next to another couple, Gaye & Glenn and began to feel like we were all castaways on a remote island! The only running water tap had bore water which looked like tomato soup and the one cold shower in a tin shed ended up not running. So you need to be pretty well self-contained to stay here. We ended up staying for a week as Sheryl was determined to catch some fish. It's amazing to see the fish the guys all came back with each day. One group gave us an enormous jewfish to share for dinner - what a feast we all had sitting at a long table and hearing each others travel stories. They also caught good sized red snapper and showed us how to throw the cast net to catch live bait. The Jacksons took their Zodiac boat out a few times, but alas, the fish were not to be found Alf managed to catch a few smaller fish just off the beach, but not big enough for a meal unfortunately.

Mind you, they have enormous oysters that you can collect off the rocks, so we drove out to the point and collected a heap for entree. Sheryl was in her element making 'oysters kilpatrick' for everyone! The sandflies have also been a bit of a problem for a few of us, but the wind picked up so they weren't as bad thankfully.

The weather up north has been quite hot 34-38 degrees, and with that beautiful clear water right in front of you, its hard to resist a cool off. So we did have a few quick dips with someone on 'croc' watch. We did see a crocodile cruising across the bay about 150m from shore and a few guys up the other end of the beach saw one laying on the beach at night. Don't worry, we're careful but not paranoid!