What a fantastic weekend?! Yeagarup turned it on big-time for our wife's and kids. Very sadly Karla, Jacob and Denielle could not make it. Next time...
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We drove down on Friday night, and the spotlights clearly attract some bugs.
Luckily it isn't Spring, else I reckon it would've been way worse. |
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Not a bad camp site. We had very little wind, and warm sunny days. It could hardly have been a more
picture perfect weekend. |
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| The new Scheepers FJ. The rest of us are pretty darn jealous ;-) |
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| Some coastal grass wind patterns in the fine sand on Yeagarup beach. |
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| A photo showing how close we were to the Warren River too. Perfect spot. |
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| The two new Quick Fist spade holders on the FJ. They work really well. |
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| Charging the battery via solar while we went 4WDriving to climb Calcup and visit "The Canopy". |
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| Eugene probably did a good 35km of beach driving on this trip, and loved it. |
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| A couple of us parked on the first "step" as you climb Calcup. |
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This is a part of the final climb to the top of Calcup, which is around the
corner, to the left, in this photo. It can be a real tricky climb, but was not too bad this time around. |
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| Tamryn, Andrea & Karin on the first "step" at Calcup. |
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| Bertus on Drone duties ;-) |
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| The FJ climbing up to the first step. The 4.0L V6 motor is a beast! |
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Parked right at the top of Calcup, with Bertus and his Hilux on the way up.
The climb to this final bit requires one to drive all the way up, as stopping early
can mean you have to reverse down and try again (not that any of us needed to do that ...) |
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Karin and Eugene at the famed "Canopy".
Tradition requires the downing of a beer, which was enforced...(not Eugene though). |
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| Cheers! |
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| The girls doing the Calcup-shuffle, haha! |
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| Another view of The Canopy. |
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This is the rocky outcrop at the Western end of Yeagarup beach, which
is a good 20km drive from the Warren river. We wanted to cook lunch here,
but the tide was coming in and it felt a bit too risky to stay. |
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| Time to try and catch some Salmon! |
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| In the distance is our camp site as viewed from the shore break. |
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| Die groot wildjagter gaan nou try visvang. |
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| Bertus took the bait lines out with his Phantom 3 drone. It works very well! |
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Yes, that is a chopped up plastic coat hanger you see :-)
It works a charm to take the fishing line out. |
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| Eugene maak lyn nat. Gooi hom seun! |
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| Karin, my liefling, in haar Boetie se Springbok Visvang fleecy top. Love you lief X. |
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| Nou gat ons braai! |
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| Just look at that beautiful moon about to set. |
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| Base camp at night. |
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There were hundreds of filleted salmon remains all along the 30km stretch of beach.
The Seagulls were feasting all along the coast. |
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On our way home (sadly). This is us at the top of the large exit dune.
Stunning, stunning place. Best in WA (in my opinion). |
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Eugene and Karin about half way along with 4WD exit track, which takes ~45 minutes.
Beautifully scenic drive. |
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Just look at that magnificent fish. The bloke kindly agreed to pose
for a photo so you can see what the local Salmon look like. |
