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After a day checking out the sites around Eucla I decided to find
a nice safe camp by the beach and turn in for the night. It was
a great spot amongst the safety of the dunes and I could go to
sleep with the sound of the Southern Ocean lapping at the shores,
now this was camping!
As I settled down in the failing light I noticed a thick sea mist
rolling in, so I decided to move my 4WD a few hundred metres inland
to protect it from the corrosive mist. Happy with my new patch
of ground I went to sleep with the sound of the ocean rumble.
Early the next morning I decided to watch the sunrise over the
Great Australian Bight and as I approached the beach I couldn’t
believe my eyes. The incoming tide had completely engulfed my abandond
camp site from the night before. My original choice of camp spot
was over one metre under water!
It was just as well I changed camp as my 4WD never came with an
optional anchor!
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