If you walk into a Chinese restaurant and find half the tables occupied by Chinese you can be sure that the cooking is good. Barn Hill is on the coast about 130km south of Broome and very popular with the locals. That’s a good sign. The tourist season is winding down so Gayle and I thought it a good time to spend a few days there.
The scenery is magnificent. The beach seems endless. Rock formations add interest. There are rock pools to explore when the tide goes out and the skies are dark at night …
There were plenty of birds around including Yellow-throated Miners which are common enough elsewhere but decidedly uncommon around Broome.
The unfortunate mollusc is not an oyster. It looks like it might be a Black Date Mussel but no guarantees when it comes to mollusc ID.
Barn Hill is part of Thangoo Station, a working cattle property. The caravan park is 9km off the Northern Highway. The access road is a sandy track but not challenging, 2WD would suffice. The biggest challenge is opening and closing three gates along the way. Facilities are basic but clean. The website suggests that mobile coverage is good … they exaggerate.
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