Day 49. Awoke to a strange fog all through the van park. Everything damp. Big Sunday breakfast of bacon and eggs and then off to the beach fishing just before the big high tide at noon today. Found a spot amongst the dozens of other fishermen all hoping for the big one! Landed four small threadfin salmon but no real keepers. Great experience with the warm surf all around our legs and the endless blue turquoise water. Some dolphins cruising offshore. A quick swim...

Day 47. Up early today as we are travelling south west to Eighty Mile Beach. Refuelled at Sandfire Road House on the edge of The Great Sandy Desert which we have been tracking all morning. Big mobs of cattle at the roadside waterholes. Arrived into Eighty Mile Beach CP around noon and met up with our friends Ross and Robyn from Canberra who are next to us on a grassy unpowered site for the next couple of days. After lunch straight down to the beach for a swim, b...