3rd November
We fell in love with this place the moment we came over the hill and saw this view.
Just wow!! What a stunningly natural and beautiful place.
We got super lucky and scored a campsite right on the beachfront, with great views of the beach and bluff.
The boys could do a surf check from camp or pop out the front for a swim.
The shore-break was pretty hectic – but they had a ball!!!
We even had whales breaching right out the front on a few days.
Red Bluff is a very popular surfing destination. It’s a shallow reef break and not an easy entry or exit over the rocks. We were lucky to have a few days for Drew and Cam to get out and surf.
Cam was stoked to get a few good waves at the bluff!!
We were lucky too, because we happened to arrive just in time for a “big swell” and spent a day watching some amazing surfers get some smoking waves!!
But again, just the beauty of the place made it special. It was lovely seeing the boys with their boards walking out the bluff and down the rocks to the beach.
And while they surfed, Matt played in the caves with his new friends, at the end of the point. They swam in the shallows while the waves barrelled behind them and found coral, sea urchins, crabs and other marine life in the pretty rock pools around the rocks.
During our week at Red Bluff we did a couple of day trips up to Gnaraloo – the next station north.
First you come to Three mile Camp, which is the home of the famous “Tombstones” surf break. The coastline here is again very rugged and beautiful.
On our first morning at 3-mile we watched some good surfing, but it was the afternoon when the winds kicked in and the kite-surfers and wind-surfers came out that was really impressive.
Further north, Gnaraloo Bay is another idyllic white sand, turquoise water bay. Both day trips we snorkelled and enjoyed the reprieve from the westerly winds.
Back at camp in the afternoons the colours were lovely.
We truly found a little piece of paradise here and it was very hard to leave today.
The Travelling Dixons 