A night star in a morning blue sky. Not something seen before by this city slicker! Probably an everyday occurrence in the bush?

I was determined to get some sunrise shots, so I started before the sun rose. The cloud formations looked right, and I had been awake for the last hour..

"Rame Head" campsite and the view across the ocean before sunrise. 15/10/07 Total walked 805kms, and I was feeling "on top of the world". I had a total of 10 huts to myself, and had not seen a soul since double hutting passed "Giants" - not good vibs for me from that hut, or it's surroundings. Somehow I knew it was about to get a giant deluge of rain, so I scuttled on down the Track to "Rame Head" - a 31.4km stroll.

It almost looks like "Rame Head" hut should have potted plants growing in this solarium extension. It was built to keep out the wind and rain, while allowing clothes to dry. The front of the hut looks inland towards "Giants" campsite in the hills.

Although this hut is sheltered by a hill of bushes and plants, strong winds still buffeted it. The sunlight slowly lights up the early morning scene.

Any moment now the sun should rise, I kept saying optimistically.

Thought I might have a quick breakfast, while waiting for the sun to eventually rise.

Never realised how long it takes for the sun to rise, after it gets light.

Here comes the sunrise on Monday 15th October 2007. Just another day in paradise. I often finished my Track comments in the hut "Journal" with that thought.

Not used to seeing the sun rise out of the water in "Western Australia".

The brightness was quite blinding. It turned out to be a hot day too, after I had experienced a cool night.

Once the sun starts to rise, it comes up very quickly.

The water made the lower part of the sun shimmer.

The sun was almost getting too bright to photograph.

One of my favourite sunrise shots, lighting up the clouds around.

It is getting light, but the sun is hiding behind the clouds with this distance shot.

Note the flowers stay open on the bush all night. Not many bees around after the previous years drought conditions.

The dead sticks of small trees around the hut, add to the contrasting beauty of the sunrise.

This reminds me more of a sunset rather than a sunrise, with the clouds being pink underneath.

Yes, it another sunrise picture!

Without the cloud layer I would not have more than two sunrise pictures.

Definately my number one sunrise picture showing "Rame Head" hut, while looking east towards "Peaceful Bay".

I love this picture of the sunrise looking out of the "Bibbulmun" hut itself. I was having fun just running around taking different shots with different camera settings.

Now that's a sunrise picture that you can't take from your bed, except in a "Bibbulmun Track" hut.

It was difficult to get the focus and settings right, for such a glaringly bright picture of the sun rising.

The joke was that this campsite, was one of the few that the dunny (toilet) did not have a toilet roll. I donated my spare one, making my pack less bulky but not lighter. The snake seemed to have gone "walk-about"too!

Another view from the hut, of the beach and ocean behind. I tried using the hut post to block out the low sunrise and used zoom.

This sign was on every hut water tank. I could often almost fill my water requirements, from the amount of water that was overflowing from the top of the tank. I was still conservative with my water use the whole journey though.

I made a conscious decision not to flavour the beautiful winter/spring, ice cold and fresh rain water, with purification chemicals. It was a gamble that paid off, and I only came across one wriggly mosquito lava in one tank. I took some "tights mesh" to use as a filter, but only used it once. I would not do the same in summer or autumn. You don't have enough gas to vigorously boil water. Gas was a premium substance.

The majority of the rain water tanks were in excellent condition, being well sealed at the top to stops bugs getting in.

As I walked away south from "Rame Head" hut, I wondered on looking back , whether the next occupants would enjoy the sun rising as I had.