This was a bit out of the way, especially as we don't have an off road vehicle so we had to go back on ourselves to get there but it was well worth it. The National Park Camping Ground was right next to the beach. There was a good point break that could get a little crowded but a 5 minute walk up the beach gave us a good beach breaks to ourselves. The wildlife in this place was amazing. There were Goanas strolling past your camping pitch, John got a little close to one trying to take a picture and it very nearly went for him. Apparently they can mistake humans for trees and if they feel at all panicked, they run up you, making a bit of a mess with their sharp claws.
Most places we've surfed we've seen dolphins and this place was no different. However one day, whilst we were surfing this spot that we had to ourselves John turned to me and said, “Paddle in NOW!”
We had decided not to use the 'S' word if we were to see one but just to tell the other to get out. I turned around and sure enough there's a couple of fins poking out of the water gliding in a straight line (jaws style) only 10 ft away coming in our direction. We paddled in with urgency, for some reason in this situation I feel it's necessary to paddle with my toes out of the water incase they get nibbled. We reached the shore out of breath and relived only to see the to 2 fins swim off in 2 different directions leaping in and out of the water, revealing their true identity as 2 mischievous dolphin doing a 'panto horse' style act, one being the front fin and the other being the back and we're sure they were laughing.
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