Broome fishing - Day 8

Today Bruce would be heading back to Melbourne in the morning while my flight was after lunch. We thoroughly enjoyed our fishing trip and the highlight was definitely the 2 charters that we did with Barraddict. After Bruce left, I went to the tackle shop again to buy some items that I want to try in our S'pore/M'sian waters. Here's a spread of items that I would like to see catch some local fish!

All in all, I would say this trip was really awesome, especially the charter with Barraddict. I prefer fishing where the there is less travel time and more fishing time. Seems like a waste of time to steam 1hr plus out to sea to catch fish. And all the charters seem to fish only for 6hrs. From the time the first line enters the water till the time to reel up line to go home, it seems to be always 6hrs. Although we had to drive 90mins to get to Eco Beach, the fishing spot was only 1km from shore. That's just awesome. From what I gathered, there's isn't a single public boat ramp anywhere near Eco Beach. So this place is isolated and Barraddict is the ONLY charter to operate these waters. And we practice catch and release so there is almost zero fishing pressure. Kurt also keeps a log of what/how many fish we catch, apparently it is required by the WA fishing authorities.

I also find the fishing operators here treat the fish very well. Any fish that is to be kept, is immediately spiked to kill it and then bled. They even insist on spiking the fish before I can take pictures with it! Maybe I should practice that when I fish in S'pore/M'sian waters the next time. Does it make the fish flesh tastes better? Honestly........ I can't tell the difference!

Broome fishing - Day 7

We are back to replicate our fun fishing session with Barraddict at Eco Beach. We started our session at the same spot, hoping that Bruce would finally hook up his Golden Trevally. Armed with newly bought jigs from the tackle shop, we started jigging.

Straight away I was on. Felt light on the end of the line and it turn out to be a Brassy Trevally (Caranx papuensis). The long strokes weren't getting any hits so I changed to short flicks of the rod. We then brought up 5 Brassy Trevally in a short space of time. Then we were hit by the razor gang! I caught 2 school Mackerel on jig before they sliced off my line. After re-tying the leader and new jig, I dropped the jig over. Before the jig reached the bottom, I felt slack line again. Damn! They sliced it clean off again. So skipper Kurt suggested upping the leader to 100lb and working the jigs on the bottom third of the water column. In a short span of 20mins, we lost about 10 jigs between us!

Bite marks and only left 1 hook, courtesy of the razor gang!

Bruce also got sliced by the razor gang. One hit was so ferocious it actually bent his jig slightly into a V! With this bent jig, Bruce finally hooked up our target fish. His rod had a nice bend on it and the reel screaming. He finally managed to control it and was brought up for pictures.

I hooked up a small Spanish Mackerel on jig again before hitting another Goldie.  As we were bringing up the fishes, we could see in the clear water that there were some huge fishes following them up. Kurt called them as a large Spanish Mackerel and a big Barracuda. Thank goodness they didn't take our fish!

I returned to doing the long strokes when on the 3rd up stroke, the fish hit and almost pulled me over the side! My Stradic was screaming as line was peeling out at an alarming rate. All I could do was hang on! Finally, the fish stopped running and slowly pumped the fish back. These guys are real brutes! Another fine specimen. Speared the fish back into the water after the pictures and continued jigging.

Bruce was having very good results with his bent jig as he hooked  up 2 more Goldies. We figured that the bent profile of the jig was actually making the jig more enticing! Bruce then got hit again! This time the fish was fighting deep, bringing Bruce round the boat. After 5mins of deep runs, the fish suddenly shot away towards the horizon. Line was peeling out fast and Bruce said he is getting spooled! As he began to see the end of his braided line on the reel, he gently put some pressure on the reel hoping to stop the fish but alas, the line went slack..... Dejected, he reeled the line back to see the line had been cut. We figured he hooked up a Trevally only to have a Spanish Mackerel or Barracuda take the fish for an easy meal!

I was down to my last jig when Kurt said he saw a bait ball action about 500m away. He said it could be some tuna or pelagic fish feeding so we should change our jigs to some lures. While steaming to the bait ball, I quickly changed to the Jackson Pintail lure that I got from Singapore. Bruce had a silver lure that he uses for Aussie salmon fishing down south.

When we reached the area, the bait ball disappeared so Kurt drifted over a bommie and told us to cast around the area. So I casted my Pintail out and reeled it back fast. 2 casts, nothing. So on 3rd cast, I counted till 8 before retrieving. Just as my lure passed the edge of the bommie, a shadow shot out and nailed the lure! Fish ON! Straight away I saw that it was a Spaniard and quickly reeled it in as I didn't want to lose my lure. Hauled it into the boat for some quick pics before sending it back to the water.

Phew, Pintail survived! Bruce hooked up some table-sized Spanish Flag fish on his lure which was also released.

Just then, the bait ball appeared about 30m away and Kurt motored the boat towards it. As we reach the bait ball, we could see the fish really in a feeding frenzy! Kurt said cast straight over the bait ball and reel FAST! I did exactly that and man it was a sight to behold! When the fish saw the lure, they were speeding towards it, clamouring for the lure. One finally jumped out of the water and hammered my Pintail. Fish ON! Bruce's lure was also hit! Double Hookup! The fish went berserk and had us criss-crossing each other but we managed to avoid getting our lines tangled. Finally I got my fish boatside and Kurt netted the fish. It was a Mackerel Tuna weighing about 4kg. I could see the lure halfway inside the fishes mouth! He must've really wanted the lure! As I tried to remove the hook, Bruce brought his fish boatside as well. So we unhooked the fish and took pictures of this awesome fish.

We then torpedoed these bullet-shaped monsters back into the water and went searching for the bait ball again. Man, that was an huge adrenaline rush!

We spotted the bait ball again and motored towards it. When we reached the spot, the action stopped. Kurt said to cast anyway and as I reeled the Pintail back, the fish surfaced! I could see the Tuna speeding towards the boat but my cranking wasn't fast enough! They swam faster than my lure! The fish went under the boat and disappeared! We then casted around the area but there was no action.
A short while later, we found out why! A huge 10-footer Tiger Shark was slowly swimming around the area! With that awesome sight, we made our way back to shore as the wind was blowing pretty strong as well. The plan was now to do some Barramundi fishing in the creeks.

We put the boat back on the trailer and jumped onto the 4WD to get to Jack's Creek. It was about a 15min drive on the sand dunes to get to Jack's Creek. This time the creek was cut off from the sea as it was low tide. All that was left was a deep pool with some structure at the side.

Our own Barramundi hole!

We got off and started chucking our lures. We walked round the pool, casting in very direction and
spot we could but nothing was biting. Kurt then cast-netted some mullet and we switched to live bait. Bruce had a take and it turned out to be a small Grouper. He then had another take. This time the fish took the bait and ran a bit but somehow the circle hook failed to hook up and the fish flashed its side at Bruce and swam away. Bruce saw it was a Barramundi, about 50cm or so. So at 1430, we called it a day as the arms were already aching from all the casting. It ended in sort of an anti-climax but we shall always remember the gut-busting action out on the reefs in the morning!!

I noticed some tracks on the beach and Kurt said that they were Flatback Turtle coming onto the beach to lay their eggs. There was one track that actually made a U-turn! I guess it figured it wasn't the right spot to lay her eggs!

U-turn tracks!

Buddy tracks

This poor fella didn't make it............

For dinner, we decided to go to a local brewery. We ordered their beer tasting platter which came with 5 small glasses of beer.
1. Hit the Toad
2. Mango Beer
3. Pale Ale
4. Smokey Bishop
5. Ginger Beer

We also tried Chilli Beer and Lychee Beer. In the end, we settled for a pint of Mango Beer. It tastes unusual but nice!
Downed the beers with a nice, succulent Rib Eye Steak!

Gear used:
Rod - Shimano TCurve Travel Tropical PE1-2
Reel - Shimano Stradic Ci4 3000FA
Line - Sufix 832 30lb with 40lb Black Magic Fluorocarbon leader
Bait - Shimano Butterfly Flat-Fall jig (Anchovy), 
       - Jackson Pintail
Rig - direct leader to jig

Fish ID - Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
             - Brassy Trevally (Caranx papuensis)
             - Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)
             - Mackeral Tuna (Euthynnus affinis)
         
         

Broome fishing - Day 6

Today we are going on Broome Billfish Charters. This was a Sailfish trip and we would be going trolling for Sailfish. Chris, the skipper picked us up at our accommodation and 2 more anglers and we made our way to his boat, Billistic. We steamed off for 90mins to our fishing grounds north of Broome. I decided to try out my Shimano Overhead rod paired with Talica II for the Sailfish. Chris was running Shimano TCurve Offshore rods with spinning reels. He said spinning reels are easier to perform switch-baiting but I'm welcomed to use my own setup. The deckie rigged up my setup with a bridled mullet along with the rest of the rods for everybody else. The deckie gave a brief on how things were going to be done.

1. When a Sailfish is sighted, everyone get ready to feed line back towards the Sailfish.
2. When its near the fish, 'dump it' or free spool the bait so that it sinks.
3. If the fish takes, count to 5 and then close bail arm and raise the rod
4. The circle hook should hook at corner of mouth.

We started trolling at 0930 and had our first sighting of Sailfish at 1000. Chris yelled out from the fly bridge and all of us got ready with our baits to pitch to the Sailfish. I saw the Sailfish and fed the line out. I couldn't really see my bait anymore so I decided to put the reel in free spool. Then the ratchet went off, indicating the fish is taking line. As I moved the drag lever to strike and lifted the rod at the same time, I felt a slack. The fish spat the bait. It then went to take the bait of the angler next to me! He hooked up solid and fought the fish. The Sailfish gave quite a good aerial display before being brought boatside for release. I learnt from Chris later that overhead reels don't free spool as well as spinning reels. Baits on free-spool on a spinning reel will drift down faster in an enticing fashion as
compared to overhead reels which the bait will no sink as fast. I guess I learnt my lesson!

We continued to troll and next sighting came at 1045. We saw the Sail checking out the teasers and we dropped the baits to near where the Sailfish was but it was not interested. At 1115, we saw another Sailfish and this time angler Lee hooked up. The Sailfish brought him round the boat and did a few jumps before coming boatside for release. Both anglers opted not to pick up the fish for a photo but instead just unhook and release the Sailfish boatside.

From then on till 1400 was dull, boring trolling.... Skipper Chris then asked the deckie to put out a trolling lure that he wanted to try for Spanish Mackerel. Within minutes of putting the lure, a giant Mackie jumped out of the water and attacked the lure! Fish ON! Since I was the nearest to the rod, the deckie passed me the rod and I fought the fish. The gear was pretty heavy so I had no trouble bringing the fish in quickly. The Spanish Mackerel was quickly dispatched and bled. Down went the lure again and 10mins later, it was hit again! Another Mackie! This time I shouted to Bruce to take the rod as he had never caught a Spaniard before. He fought it and soon the fish was gaffed. Posed for some pics and both fish were expertly filleted by the deckie.

At 1430, Chris shouted out and we headed to our rods. All 4 of us with rods in hand were waiting for the Sailfish to show. Instead, a group of fishy shadows appeared on the teasers and I knew they weren't Sails. There was a least 8-12 of this fish approaching as a pack. I saw my chance and free spooled my mullet right in front of one of them. Straight away, one fish took my bait and turned around and sped off! Fish ON! Then I heard everybody shouting. Everybody had a fish ON! Quadruple Hookup!! I could hear skipper Chris shouting from above, "Don't get the lines tangled!" Some of the unhooked fish swam by and I saw them as Cobias! Even as each fish was pulling in different direction, we managed to work our way around, under and back over again. I was the first to bring the fish boatside and the deckie quickly unhooked the fish to get ready to unhook the next one. Bruce's fish was in the transom door and flapping about. In the process, the hook dislodged itself and it flapped its way back into the water. The other 2 anglers fought a little while longer but then one opened the circle hook and escaped while the last one was busted off when it went right under the boat. The action happened so fast that no photos were taken!

In the final 10 mins of trolling, the deep diving lure was again successful in hooking up a Spanish Mackerel. Another 10kg version! The fish was brought in through the transom and flapped around like crazy that the deckie couldn't get a chance to grab the tail. The fish flapped so hard that it broke its own gill! It then shook out the lure and flapped back into the sea.... all on its own! I felt bad for the fish as with its gills broken, it wouldn't have survived but I guess it'll become fish food for the 'man in the grey coat."

With that last piece of action, we proceeded to steam home. We took home 2 fillets each of Spanish Mackerel for dinner and man were they good on the BBQ!

Gear used:

Rod - Shimano TCurve Revolution Overhead Travel PE2.2-3.3 (10-15kg)

Reel - Shimano Talica 8 II

Line - Fireline Tracer 40lb

Bait - Mullet

Rig - Trolling

Fish ID - Indo-Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

             - Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)

Broome fishing - Day 5

Today was another non-charter day. We wanted to capture on camera the tide changes for Broome so we decided we would go to the Broome jetty at low tide and high tide. Low tide was at 0845 and high tide at 1500. So we drove out at 0830 and took pictures of low tide. After having a wander around the jetty, we went to TackleWorld, with me hoping to replenish my very successful Shimano Flat Fall jigs. But alas, they didn't carry any of it. There weren't much similar jigs so I bought whatever that was there.

Had our lunch and headed back to the room. I wanted to check out the Dampier Creek that was just behind the hotel but Bruce decided to stay in the room to rest. So armed with my trusty Shimano rod and some lures, I headed off into the creek. At that time, it was 2hrs after the low tide so I expect the tide to come in. I walked on a path with mangrove to my left and right. The path led to a clearing which then spread out to smaller paths towards the edge of the water. I made my way between the mangroves to an opening and started casting my Rapala Sub Walk lure. I could see that the water was rather shallow, that's why I chose that lure. I could see the channel that was draining in/out of the creek but was too far to cast to. After 1hr of casting, the waters came into the mangroves and limited my casting ability. So I decided to head back. After a short rest, it was time to go take pictures of high tide. I stood at the same spot to capture the high tide.

Broome Jetty at low tide 3.6m

Broome Jetty at high tide 6.8m

When we arrived, we could see the vast difference. At certain times of the month, the peak difference from low can be 0.5m and high at 10.1m!

With the two differences in mind, we decided to try fishing at dusk under the jetty. We went to buy 1 packet of squid and 1 packet of pilchards from the tackle shop again. At 1730, we reached the jetty and proceeded to fish under it. I opted for a floater rig while Bruce went with a small ball sinker. Bruce was getting snagged pretty often so I was glad I was using the floater. But my floater also got snagged so I had to change to ball sinker as well. I was finally getting some bites on the bait and hooked up. Could tell it was a small fish and when I saw it, it looks like a baby snapper. Caught another small fish on the next cast, couldn't tell what fish it was.

As the water was receding, we decided to head up to the jetty to fish. By this time, Bruce was getting lots of bites and began hooking up some fish. We were tied at 3 baby fish a piece when we were down to our last pilchard. So I cut up the 2 pilchards into 5 pieces and told him we will have a fish-off. With 5 pieces of bait, the one that catches the most fish wins. He caught a total of 3 fish from 5 pieces of bait while I only managed only 1. So he was named the 'Tiddler' champion! It was good fun!

Broome fishing - Day 4

Today is our charter with Barradict down at Eco Beach. When I booked this charter, I didn't realize that the charter launches from Eco Beach which is 1hr30mins drive south from Broome! Luckily, the charter starts at 11am so we had ample time to drive down there. After getting some directions from the Broome Visitor Center, we started our drive there. It's been a long time since I've seen such
long, straight roads with no other cars around! We were told to look out for the signs on the road to turn off to Eco Beach. Soon, we saw it and it led to another dirt road.

It was the same red earth type of dirt track. We drove 12km on this dirt track to finally reach the Eco Beach Resort. This place is so secluded it has its own sewerage system and water source! It was like a resort out of nowhere. I wonder what people do at this place. I would be bored after 2 days if I was not fishing! But the view was fantastic!

We met up with the Barraddict skipper, Kurt and his friend Bonnie. We loaded our stuff on the boat and off we went. About 1km from the beach, Kurt slowed the boat down and anchored up and suggested we could cast some jigs to see if anything was biting. I thought we would be trying for little fish or baitfish first but little did we know, this was going to turn out to be one of our best fishing sessions in Broome!

I tied my Shimano Flat fall jig Phantom Squid color and dropped it down. Once the jig touched bottom, I started jigging. 3 strokes later, I felt a bump but no hookup. Kurt advised me to do long strokes and keep it at the bottom third of the water column. On the 2nd drop, I began doing the long upward strokes. On the 2nd stroke I felt like I hit snag but this snag was moving! Fish ON! My reel screamed like a banshee as the fish took off! It was peeling line like nobody's business. I had to re-adjust the drag a few times until the fish stopped running. Then I began pump n reel. Yet again, it took off but shorter bursts. The fish took me round the boat 2 times as I tried to keep it on the line. Finally after 10mins or so, I saw color and Kurt called it as a Golden Trevally! And what a monster it was! Topping 8kg, the fish was netted and unhooked for photos. It was awesome! After the photos, I speared the fish back into the water and it flapped a bit and powered away. I can't believe all this action was happening so close to shore!

Checked my jig and sent it down again. After a few times, I worked out that to bring the jig to surface, I took 7 long strokes so after 3-4 long strokes, I would free spool the jig down again to work half of the water column. 5 mins later, I was hooked up again. Same rod bending action and reel screaming. Went round the boat again and when I thought I had the fish under control, it sped off
again. This time burying me in some structure and busting me off!

Checked my line and the 20lb braid was cut. Re-tied my leader and blue/pink Shimano jig and dropped it. 1 stroke up and I was immediately hit on the down crank. Fish ON! This fish battled like the last and took me some time to bring it boatside. Another thumper Golden Trevally! Another round of pictures and back it went to fight another day. Bruce wasn't getting any luck with his jigs.

I then caught some small School Mackerel (Scomberomorus queenslandicus) on the jig as well. The fish were like everywhere! We continued fishing and various fish caught on jigs. Bonnie was doing some bottom fishing with dead mullet as bait and brought up some Saddletail Seaperch. She also caught 2 Golden Trevallys on bait. Meanwhile, Bruce was still not catching any Goldies but he did hit a 3kg Grouper on jig. That became our dinner!

I continued to use my Shimano Flat Fall jig and scored another Golden Trevally. Then on the next drop, I was on my 6th upward stroke when I was hit near the surface. I didn't expect that and was almost pulled over. I quickly steadied myself and fought the fish. The fish went under the boat and my reel screamed. I stuck my rod under the boat to prevent line cut but I was going nowhere! When the fish finally stopped running I started reeling in. Then I felt the line snagged. Darn it, a couple of pulls later, the braid snapped. Lost the jig but I thoroughly enjoyed the fight!

Only our footsteps on this untouched creek!

Kurt said we need to head into the creeks if we want to target Barramundi so at 1300, we left the awesome action at the reefs to hunt for Barra. The creek we headed into was rather shallow. Kurt said in a few days, this creek would be cut off from the sea due to low tides.

We began with Kurt using a cast net to catch Mullet for use as Barra bait. It's amazing to see his every cast yielded 6-7 bite-sized Mullet. With bait gathered, we headed to the opposite side to a rock bar to start fishing for Barra. I changed my jigs to lures, hoping to nail a Barra on it. Bruce started on lures as well but then settled with using live bait. I was watching his rod when I saw some tapping. Kurt had rigged a running sinker with a 4/0 circle hook and Bruce fed out the line. Shortly thereafter, the rod loaded up and the fish was ON! The bait was only under the boat when the fish took it. The fish jumped near the boat to reveal itself as a Barramundi, a huge one! A short fight later, it was boated and it was measured at 80cm! A real thumper! Some quick photos later, it was revived boat-side and released! Size limit for Barramundi in WA is between 40-80cm. Any Barra larger than 80cm must be released. So Bruce can cross that Barra off his bucket list!

Measuring the monster Barra!

A happy angler

Kurt suggested I change my rig to a light jighead with a white plastic minnow. I tossed that jighead towards a hole and did small flicks on the rod tip. Halfway back to the boat, I got this massive hit on the jig. Quickly striked and began reeling. This fish felt heavy too. Out jumped the fish to reveal itself as a Barra and when it landed, the jighead came flying towards the boat! We examined the jighead and discovered the hook had opened! Darn it! Lost my dream Barramundi! I then changed to my DOA prawns and got a couple of small Orange-Spotted Groupers.

With the action quieting down, we decided to head back to the reef for more Goldie action. The wind was really blowing when we reached the reefs. I tied my 2nd last Shimano Slow Fall jig and started my jigging. On the 3rd drop, I hooked up again! Rod bending, reel screaming..... this was awesome! Brought the Goldie up for another photo op. Beautiful!

Dropped the jig over and started again. On 2nd stroke, I had a hit but missed the hookup. Kurt said drop it again, and sure enough the fish hit the jig again. This time I hooked up solid and began fighting the fish. This fish took me 2 times round the boat before busting me off with a final reel-screaming burst! Bonnie hooked up a Goldie on bait which gave her quite a runaround.

I now only had left my 130g Shimano Flat Fall Sardine color jig. We jigged for another 20mins but nothing was taking my jig. Bruce had a monster hit on this jig which took him round the boat and it was like a stale-mate. Neither party giving up. Then Bruce felt like the fish was snagged so Kurt moved the boat around, trying to change the angle of the line, hoping to drag the fish out but after 10mins of trying, Bruce had no choice but to pull the line hard. Unfortunately, the line snapped and Bruce was dejected. That was the last of the action for the day and we proceeded back to Eco Beach.

We had a cold beer at Eco Beach and recounted the days action. Mine was the non-stop action on the Goldies while Bruce was very happy with his record Barramundi. We enjoyed the trip so much that we decided to book Kurt again for Sat! He said he'll check his schedule and call us back.

Gut-bruising encounters with the Golden Trevallies

Gear used:
Rod - Shimano TCurve Travel Tropical PE1-2
Reel - Shimano Stradic Ci4 3000FA
Line - Sufix 832 30lb with 40lb Black Magic Fluorocarbon leader
Bait - Shimano Butterfly Flat-Fall jig (Pink/Blue, Anchovy, Phantom Squid, Sand Eel, Blue Sardine)
       - DOA prawn lures 
Rig - weighted jighead 
      - direct leader to lure

Fish ID - Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
           - School Mackerel (Scomberomorus queenslandicus)
           - Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)
           - Orange-Spotted Grouper (Epinephelus coioides)

Broome fishing - Day 3

Today was our off day from charter fishing. We wanted to try out the land-based fishing out of Broome. With some info gathered from the local tackle shop and deckie, we headed out to the rocky headland near the Broome Jetty. According to the deckies, the best time to fish was 2hrs before the top of the tide. The tide changes were quite vast. Difference was about 8m!

iPhone 5s panorama

So armed with lures and jigs, we headed out to the place. We made our way to the outer rocks and
began tossing our lures. Just standing on the rocks, chucking lures in the emerald sea was kinda therapeutic. After countless casts, we didn't get any hits at all. All the fishing-looking holes and spots were covered with no success. I just happened to look back, when I realized the water was rising fast, covering the path back to the beach. I quickly told Bruce and we packed up and  made our way back on the rocks. The water was already covering most of the rocks and we had to move calf-deep across some  submerged rocks with strong waves crashing over it. Thankfully we made it across safely and up to the beach. When we looked back at the rocks, the waves were already covering the most of the rocks! We would have been stranded on the rocks if we had waited 5mins more. Or swim back! We were really close to being caught out by the rising tide.

As the only other places to fish was from the beach and we couldn't cast that far out, we decided to head back for lunch. After lunch, we decided to go check out Willie Creek, according to the locals, another good fishing spot. Willie Creek is located north of Broome and its where the Willie Creek Pearl Farm is located. But Bruce's GPS took us to the Willie Creek Pearl Farm store! So we inquired at the store and was told that to get to the Farm, one would have to drive through dirt roads. And some cars have been bogged in at some parts. A 4WD is recommended. We decided to go anyway just to see if we can make it through. We got to the dirt road part and it was all red!

Not too bad as our humble small car trundled through the dirt road. Then we came to another section when the red earth turned into white sand. The sandy track was single lane and the initial track looked ok so we continued. Bruce has 4WD driving experience so I let him decide on whether to carry on or not. Soon we were flying through the sand track as according to Bruce, if you slow down, there's is more likelyhood that the car will get bogged in. The deeper we got down the track, the sandier the path became. I was really worried at this stage because the car brushed the bushes a few times due to no traction on the wheels! When we came to a clearing with some grass on the side, we pulled over! At that point, we both knew it was a BAD idea to have driven onto the sandy track. We made a 3-point turn and began to head back out. We managed to get back to the red earth track safely without
any cars coming in the opposite direction! If there was, we would have been bogged in for sure! As we exited the dirt road, we both heaved a sigh of relief and thank God for our safety.

As we headed back, we stopped by the famous Cable Beach. The beach was so beautiful and we saw the infamous camels being led to the beach area for the sunset ride. The sand was powdery white and slow gentle waves lapping. The waves went out a long way, from the beach to the water line was about 200m! It was just an awesome sight! Managed to take some pictures of sunset over Cable Beach.
What a sight!