Bremer Bay and Point Anne

Monday, we had a sleep in then a lazy morning and early lunch of soup (which I’ve been dreaming about), then went fishing. We looked at putting the boat into the bay but decided it was a bit rough so decided to go back to the river instead. Neither of us was too keen as the river at Molloy was a bit sad, but this one was great. It’s shallow around the boat ramp for about a kilometer any way you leave it and we didn’t want to go too far so we ended up anchoring in about 1 metre of water. Just as we were about to give up and move from our first spot, it went nuts. We were pulling in fish after fish. Most were undersize, but Russ caught 4 good size bream, I caught 1 bream, 2 snapper and 1 whiting we could bring home.


Royal Hakea Fitzgerald NP
Today we woke to a beautiful morning so decided to take a picnic out to Point Anne (about 60ks away on a gravel road). It would have been a perfect day for fishing, but you can only eat (or freeze) so much fish and it really is nicer to eat it as you catch it. Russ made a smoked trout pate and we took the makings of really yummy sandwiches (smoked lamb pastrami, avocado etc). We couldn’t leave though until the fresh bread arrived in town at 11 am!


The Road in to Point Anne

Point Anne is in the Fitzgerald National Park and is very remote and spectacular. There are a few small mountains rising off the plains and several more further along the coast towards Esperance. The water is very blue and the sand hills very white. The sky was very blue and was criss crossed with jet trails heading to and from Melbourne and Perth. It looked a bit like the skies over London.

Point Anne

The woman that runs this park said FNP wasn’t really worth the visit as it is dry with the drought (she forgot to mention burned out by bushfires too in much of it) but arriving at Point Anne and Mary’s Inlet is worth the drive. On the way home we went via Quaalup Homestead then back into town the short way over a 4WD track and across the river mouth back into Bremer Bay. What a great day out!