Down At Dundee

After a very uneventful trip from Adelaide River township, we arrived at our next little campsite - Dundee Beach.  This was not our first option but it still a great little place.  Prior to our arrival, the area had experienced some very strong winds and a lot of rain and the access to where we were originally going to be was not open.  Team Turtle always has a Plan B or, in some cases, even a Plan C.

Team Turtle had made a few enquiries regarding access to Dundee Beach and was informed that "yep, the road is opened, but be careful at the Charlotte River crossing"!  The road was bitumen nearly all of the way - except for about a kilometre near the Charlotte River...

Charlotte River Crossing

Team Turtle was fortunate in that the river level had dropped considerably.  Apparently, it had been higher than the water level marker!

The Rav finally came off The Trailer, Tuf Tinnie came down and all we had to do was to wait until the weather calmed down before we could even think about going fishing.

To fill in time, The Captain and The Deckie went for long walks along the beach and tried to keep out of the rain which descended on us quite frequently.

The Deckie Having A Rest

Dundee Beach

Monday was our first fishing foray on a new waterway.  Tuf Tinnie was packed with fishing rods, crab traps, the esky and two eager fishing people and we headed for Six Pack Creek - about 6klms from Bynoe Harbour.  It wasn't going to be a serious fishing day - more to check out this waterway and just to have a day on the water after our long cross country trek.

At Last!  A Cool, Wet Bottom

A Happy Captain

A shopping trip into Darwin filled in Tuesday and we relaxed on the beach that afternoon to watch the sun set.  Well, we didn't stay for too long as the sandflies started attacking us before the sun actually set.

Early Sunset Over the Timor Sea

During the recent storms a lot of sand was washed up onto the beach.  Finally the local council workers started scraping the sand off the ocean boat ramp.

A Lot of Sand To Move

Three days later they are still hard at it.

Today (Thursday) Team Turtle is on the move again and the plans are to go to Dundee Downs Caravan Park.  This park is a lot closer to Six Pack Creek boat ramp so we won't have to travel as far to go fishing.

As long as the weather holds, it should be interesting!