“The closest land mass to my property to the west is South America, it’s about 10,000 miles with nothing between us,” Nicholls said. “If the northeast wind blows for a few days, most people go a little crazy – some days the breaking waves really roar.”
At night, he says, the night sky can be as clear as a bell, making for spectacular stargazing.
“It’s a natural beauty here,” Nicholls said. “If you like the rugged nature of the beach, being off the beaten track and not crowded, this is the place to be. The locals here like the quiet and, like any place in Outback Australia, there are characters but it’s generally a friendly and good community.
He said it was the kind of place worth visiting: “It’s hard to describe because it’s always been home and natural to me, but I have a place on a high hill that I take visitors to visit. above the sea and people are blown away. It has to be the lushest, cleanest, greenest place in the world.
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