The NT Nomads: Sale and 90 mile Beach Feb 2010

From Marlo we wandered along with stops at Lake Tyers , where we got our first glimpse of 90mile beach and Lakes Entrance where once again it was raining, but we did have time between showers to wander around the boat harbour and bought some fish for tea. We had been very fortunate to miss all the flooding they had on the lower NSW coast and around Mallacoota.

Boat Harbour at Lakes Entrance

Lake Tyers with 90 mile beach in the back ground

We wandered along to Sale for our next stop. We set up camp at the Sale showgrounds for a few days to allow us time to catch up on some shopping and Lynn needed to see a Dr. The people at the showgrounds were very helpful in providing the information we needed to get around and get things attended to.

After 5 days at the showgrounds we went to Paradise Beach by way of Seaspray and Golden Beach. As we thought we may have camped at one of the twenty odd spots between Seaspray and Golden Beach but most of them were too small or over grown for large vans. At Paradice Beach we were able to set up a great bush camp as a traveller who was moving on the next day gave us their pile of wood, so Lynn got our fire bucket going and we cooked most of our meals outside.
We still had more rain and were able to collect rain water from the awning for the washing machine.

Our morning tea stop at SeaSpray.

Our camp at Paradice beach with Lynn having a Poppy nap

The Port of Sale. We didn't visit here on our first trip in to Sale but found it on a weekly shopping trip. It was a very pleasant place to stop and refresh with nice lawns to sit on and other facilities but almost in the centre of town. It is connected to the river by a 5 mile long canal .
The Swing Bridge is another historic icon around Sale . It has been restored and is again operational at weekends and on some other days too. The surrounding area has been landscaped so that it is a nice walk or ride from Sale being only about 5 klms away.These story boards tell the process that was involved in the Restoration of the bridge.

While were at Paradise beach we saw lots of birds , both different types of parrots and various seabirds. As we were there for nearly 2 weeks we saw lots of other campers come and go , but most days John the tourism officer was around with his packs of brochures and lots of infromation about the local area.

Red Rosellas at Paradice Beach

Anne, John, Lynn and Colin at Paradice Beach

Offshore at Paradice Beach/ Ninety Mile Beach there are quite a number of Oil and Gas rigs. The closet to shore that I could see on a clear day was the " Barracuda" but on one afternoon that was particularly clear I counted 4 rigs . The "Barracuda " is apparently lit up at night but it was hazy the nights we went to look so didn't see it . While we were at Paradice on a rainy day wiht nothing better to do we drove up to have a look at Loch Sport and aslo visited the beach there but the view was the same as back at camp.