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Published: August 6th 2013
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Coral Bay
White sand, turquoise water. Picture perfect. How do you tell the difference between a conservationist and a fisherman?
You come to Coral Bay at 3.30 in the afternoon and compare faces. The fishermen drool while the conservationists marvel at the number of spots on the spangled emperor fish (West Australian Snapper) that smoodge on your legs as they queue up for fish pellets. These are probably 5kg and bigger, and know to stay in the bounds of the conservation park.
A volunteer comes down to the beach around 3.30pm and talks about the fish and how to feed them. 'Do not touch them with your hands.' (Disease prevention) Many persisted in touching. 'Drop the food on the water in front of you. Do not put the pellets in your fingers under water.' A man close to Marg ignored and had his fingers bitten. Yeah I say.
A young budding photographer was putting his camera under water to take pictures of the fish. I hope it was a genuine under water camera, and not just a waterproof. There are some small cameras coming on the market for under water use. This was a Panasonic I think.
Much of the north of WA
Sand art
Some children thought we might need to know where we were. is very dry, and drinking water is at a premium. While there was fresh bore water on our camping site, it was both saline and came out of the ground at 60c. They have drinking water taps scattered around the park for campers. While standing filling a water bottle, a couple of local finches landed on my shoulder, and then with a fluttery whirr. they were gone.
Coral Bay is a great destination for young and old. Children have a very safe beach with a gentle slope and well protected by the coral reef off shore. Many other beaches in the region have swift currents and rips. The water is so clean and clear and temperature quite pleasant even in the winter.
Some folk hire the quad bikes and do tours around the bays, others go on snorkelling tours, whale watching, and others prefer the simplicity of traveling over the coral in glass bottom boats or just sitting on the beach or at the lookout at the point. We mustn't forget the fishermen who have to go some distance to get outside of the fisheries sanctuary.
We have both commented on
the improving day temperatures as we have moved north. The whole Cape Range area is arid, so the temperatures are around 28c, nights down to 10c. Low humidity as well.
I think we all like food. There is an excellent bakery just opposite the entrance to the caravan park with a great and generally delicious range of pies, bread, cakes, donuts, pasties, and of course custard slice. Excellent, but still not quite as good at York town SA. We sampled a wide range of goodies and give them all the tick of approval for value and taste. Considering how remote this area is, one would have expected really high prices, but these were in our view quite realistic.
We have met more families traveling around Australia. Some from this general region normally use school of the air. They just keep doing the same, but from a different location each week. Another mum was home schooling 3 children in the caravan, and finding that has fitted in with their 3 month travel plans.
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Great shots
Looks good at Coral Bay good for kids so calm with fish tickling your toes