Rick and Rae's Travels: Tues, 3rd to Fri, 6th May

Time to leave Perth and head 80kms south to Heron Point. We were hoping our mail would arrive at Neil and Lynne's before we moved north to Wanneroo, but no such luck. It still hadn't arrived when Neil and Lynne came up to visit the following weekend. We head south to Heron Point in case we have to drive back to Bunbury when it does eventually arrive. Heron Point is a free camp from 1 May to November each year. There were good toilets and we had access to water, though not drinkable. We decided not to try fishing as we could see hundreds of toads or 'puffers' as they're called in WA in the shallows.

Wednesday was a day of relaxation ... walking the beach, reading and playing games. Believe it or not we don't have much time to relax - too many things to do and see! In the afternoon several fishermen arrived and we learnws that on Wednesdays only, for one hour before sunset (4pm) until one hour before sunrise (6am) they are allowed to set fishing nets. We had one fellow set up his makeshift camp nearby and found in the morning that he had around 30 mullet.

We have never seen a bandicoot in the wild but in the evening we were visited by not one but two! The cute little creatures didn't seem to be too upset that we were sharing their environment.