Just around the corner from Agnes Water is the town of 1770, named after the landing of James Cook in 1770, of course. On the road there we were entertained by flocks of Bee-eaters. There is a great walk to the point, called Roundhill lookout from where we spotted our first whale way out at sea. There are good views here of Bustard Bay and Cooks landing and on the beaches we had our first view of Pelicans.
On advice from the council workers at the campsite we headed inland on a dirt road called Blackmans Gap, much to the dismay of our Sat Nav. We saw Australian Spoonbills, Pied Cormorants and our first Wallaby. Feel like we are getting into our sort of countryside now, in the hills miles from anyone and no traffic. The road was very scenic and as we entered the valley around Kalpowar the sky was full of smoke from controlled field fires set by the fire service to clear the brush and dead wood. We located another DOC campsite for the night in Kalpowar Forest, unfortunately the signposted directions terminated at an impossible stream crossing. Not to be thwarted we headed back to the village, well more like a hamlet and found the school bus driver parking up the coach for the night. She offered her front lawn as a stop over but suggested another track into the forest. Intrepid as ever we took what can only be described as a farm track which skirted the field fires and lead us to the back entrance of the park. Not surprisingly we were the only people there and again we were privileged to see several Pale-head Rosellas and Rainbow Lorikeets. Sarah kept her eye on the glowing fires well into dark before closing up for the night.
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