Monday 4 December 2017
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- With the official camp ground being full we made the best of the situation and camped in the parking area at the boat ramp at Hamersley Inlet.
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- Hamersley Inlet with Whoogarup Range in the background.
Before making the long trip home we decided to make our way to Hamersley Beach at the mouth of the Hamersley River. This short river (40 km) was named by John Forrest during his epic 1871 transcontinental exploration, most likely after his future wife’s family.
The dirt track led to the face of some dunes.
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- Adi up onto dunes.
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- Kerry up onto dunes.
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- Phil drives up to top of dunes.
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- Scott up onto dunes.
The dunes are detached from the beach and extend for about two kilometres north-south and just over over a kilometre east-west.
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- On the dunes.
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- Dan stops in time.
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- Adi on dunes.
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- Scott on dunes.
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- Dan on dunes.
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- Dan attempts dune.
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- Approaching beach.
The way to the beach is well marked with large poles.
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- Kim’s Patrol on Hamersley Beach.
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- Rocks at end of Hamersley Beach.
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- Rocks at Hamersley Beach.
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- Animal tracks on Hamersley Beach.
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- Tracks on Hamersley Beach.
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- Where the Hamersley River ends.
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- Scott drives around end of Hamersley River.
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- Hamersley River bar
It was time to leave the beach and head home.
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- Heading back from beach.
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- Tunnel of trees.
The National Park may be impressive but the river after which it is named is not much of a watercourse.
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- Fitzgerald River bridge.
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- Fitzgerald River
The rain started just before Jerramungup and continued as we made our way back to the metro area via Katanning, Wagin, Piesseville, and Armadale.
This Trip was predominantly about beaches – beautiful, stunning, accessible beaches. The photo-essays of many other of our trips to spectacular beaches may be seen here.
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