Generator Land

Point Parham

Awesome.....

***   It's free
***   It has a flushing toilet and wash basin
***   It has access to the beach
***     It has a few running taps so you can fill your van (or wash your dog, as some people do)

But.....
X      It's absolutely packed out
X      Every grey nomad with a dog comes here, because dogs are allowed (ie, it's not a national park)
X      The generators start whirring and clattering at 9.30am and don't get turned off until 10pm.  It's enough to knock the false teeth out of your head, should that apply to you.
X     It is also (permanent?) home to a truly wild family living in a bus (which is towing an very old grotty caravan which I am hoping is acting as a shed).  The family includes mum (no bra, no make up, no talking), dad (swills beer like water, and leaves his cans where he empties them) and 4 little children (no shoes, grubby faces, same clothes on every day, dread locks down to their dirty little bums).  For fun they throw bags of dry seaweed to each other.

Point Parham - free camping but at what cost?

Our camp - complete with new shade cloth (to the right of the photo).  Our little basil plant is still going strong, and the Weeeber gets a regular work out.

And now for something completely different.....

A couple of fishermen innocently haul their catch while pelicans and seagulls lurk close by....

Another boat joins in....

Once the haul is complete....

....  they simply drive back to shore.......

The locals here are well accustomed to the predictable waters of Pt Parham.  You see, the beach lies atop an immense amount of flat bedrock, and so the water level never increases beyond 6 feet or so, regardless of tidal movements.  So a "car" perched on stilts is the easiest (and silliest!) way to get your boat out onto the water, and back in again.