Blowholes and Quobba Station

27th October

We left Coral Bay yesterday, headed south to Red Bluff at Quobba Station. Although it is only 100km or so, there is no direct road along the coast. Instead you have to head down all the way down to Carnavon to get around a big lake that’s in the way, then back up the coast. So, by the time we had stopped at Carnavon to restock on fuel, groceries and water, it was late afternoon by the time we reached Quobba. It was a further 60km on dirt to get to Red Bluff so decided to stay the night with friends at Quobba Station before heading up this morning.

As is written in many places, the first thing you notice when you arrive at Quobba is the “King Waves Kill” sign. When you see the waves crashing over at Blowholes and the rugged coastline in the area, it becomes clear why the need for such a sign.

The Blowholes were pretty impressive, with the water surging through holes eroded by years of pounding surf.

Quobba Station is one of the few stations we have stayed on that is actually still a working station – in  this case sheep. The station provided spacious bush camping.

The beach in front of the homestead was rugged and very windy!! It had some really cool shells that looked like dinosaur’s feet that the kids had fun playing with.

We braved the wind and got a beautiful sunset over the water and later settled down around a lovely fire.