Day 60 - Tue, 7 Sep to Monkey Mia

Well I have a couple of corrections to make to previous posts. Firstly, Denham not Exmouth is the farthest W town on the WA coast. And second, I have done the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) not the posterior as stated last night. I understand that this is a little better, marginal I guess.

I hung around Carnarvon this morning for an hour whilst Gavin the physio tried to get me a knee brace without success. Oh well, I have been this far without one so I decided to continue. This is when he confirmed it was the ACL.

I headed out of town heading further S on the North West Coastal Hwy and this would continue until I reached the road NW to Denham. The coastal plain was boring, or maybe it was just me. One of those moods today, missing Robyn and the road was just unchanging.

Negotiated a few emus and goats today.. Spoke to a couple of truckies on the 2-way and listened in on their conversations.  I checked my GPS at the end of the day and the only hill I went up and down was 82m and this was to a lookout. Yep, confirmed my opinion of the day, a bit tiresome, with just scrub to the horizon.

The road through the Shark Bay Wilderness Area into Denham was interesting travelling close to the coast with its coloured sands and the deep blue of the water far out and the turquoise water inshore. This lifted my spirits but as I said just a bit of a grind today. Tomorrow will be different.

Called into the telegraph station that is now a camp ground and the shell brick pit. It operated in the late 1800’s as part of the overland telegraph line between Albany in the S to Wyndham in the N. I think this is the last station building standing on the line.

I am in the only resort at Monkey Mia, offering a range of accommodation options. I selected the basic, an unpowered camp site – being on grass, fabulous. I have sighted a couple of dolphins cruising off the beach but hope to see more tomorrow during the morning feeding off the beach.  There is a potential for rain as off the coast it is a bit gloomy.

Until then keep well and safe, and I’ll try to be in a better mood tomorrow. See yah!