Day 57: Nanutarra to Exmouth

 


Today we drive straight through to Exmouth, as there was no convenient place to stop on this route. We later discovered we could have called into Bullara Station which is a little off the road. Anyway, we were on a mission to arrive before 12.30 pm, when the Fresh Fish Shack closes, and we fancied Exmouth prawns for lunch. Fortunately we made it in time, bought some fish and prawns and continued on to the RAC Exmouth Cape Holiday Park where we are staying for the next 4 nights. In Exmouth, there is no free camping, you must book into accommodation of some form.

Accordingly, the caravan park is huge, we are on site 283 and it goes into the high 300's in total.


Main Entrance to the  Caravan Park




Fortunately the sites are large and reasonably easy to access once you get over the large kerbs. Not having a 4WD would make it more difficult.

Once we were set up, and enjoyed our prawns for lunch, we walked across the road to the Visitors Information Centre to get some information on our options for the next few days. We left with a pile of brochures which we will comb through to form a plan. 

We decided to have a look around town, I need to get some Adblue for the car, so we head out to get a feel for what is here and maybe discover a service station that sells Adblue.

First stop was the marina.


Exmouth Marina

There we a few fisherman fishing off the marina break wall already complaining that they may have left the pub too early. It's a pretty impressive marina backed up by a very flash residential estate around it most houses with a water frontage thanks to the canal designed development of the housing estate.


One of the popular spots with visitors is the Exmouth Game Fishing Club, where reportedly good seafood meals was a major attraction. Sadly, as you can see from the photo below, the club is temporarily closed due to cyclone damage earlier this year.


One local icon I was told to visit by a fellow caravaner on the way here, is the Whalebone Brewery. So as part of our early research, we went there next to have a look. Not only is it a brewery, but also a distillery (what a surprise) operating as Ningaloo Distillery. Too much for us to absorb on an exploratory tour, but we will be back.

In the meantime here are a few photos of the establishment.



A very large bar with a great selection


Looks like live music is also on the agenda

I had to drive well out of town to find a fuel centre that serviced trucks to top up my adblue, and the 10 litre backup container I carry, and filled up with diesel that was 30 cents per litre cheaper than in town.

On the way back into town, we called in to the local IGA supermarket to get something for dinner, as we had not made a selection from the freezer. 

However, travelling in this direction took us past the town tourist symbol, the Big Prawn. Apparently the big prawn only appears in the dry season, as it gets stored away in the wet so as not to be destroyed by cyclones.



It was now time to go back to the caravan park and get a few domestic duties out of the way, and developing a plan for the next few days.


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