Day 130 – Mesa – Thierings on Tour

This morning started with a different adventure when I went to grab a yoghurt for Scarly from the car fridge and instead got greeted by a mouse staring at me from the table cavity in the drawer system. I am proud to say that my scream was only short and not too loud considering the circumstances. It was however a great way to get Chris out of bed as he now had the perfect opportunity to deal with said mouse. In the end, it was decided that putting the table back into its designated slot would be the most efficient way to “permanently trap” the mouse in there.

Packing up today was a challenge and a half as the Northerly wind had picked up and was howling. Honestly, even trying to open the door of the van without it flying off was a task in itself. It must have been blowing in excess of 50km/h!

It made for a super quick pack up, as we couldn’t do anything else. Then it was onto Yardie Creek for the famous soft sand crossing, which to be honest we appear to have missed as we didn’t see anything that seemed soft or boggy.

Finally there were also some bins! I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to see a bin in my life, as it turns out that we produce a lot of rubbish and trying to hold on to our rubbish for 5 days produced some interesting results…

From here the road was also bitumen, so it meant pumping the tyres back up from the 25psi we had been on while in the southern part of the Ningaloo.

We quickly stopped at the visitors centre to grab some information on snorkeling in the area and some water supplies. There were incredible displays on all the marine life in there and the girls loved checking it out.

Then it was onto Oyster Stacks, a popular snorkeling spot where Chris and the big girls jumped in for a cruise under water. Scarly and I looked at all the pretty shells on the beach in the meantime and she loved jumping in the shallows. It’s exhausting business for a 2 year old and she was out within minutes of hopping back in the car.

Once we got to Mesa, it was happy days for our mouse adventures, because it had indeed been permanently trapped and was no longer a concern for chewing wiring or munching its way through our car. Still, only Chris could look so happy holding a dead mouse! 😂

After set up and a bit of work & homework we headed to the beach to watch the sunset. It was a lovely walk over the dunes and the beach was empty except for us for ages. A lovely spot to finish the day and to enjoy the famous WA sunset.