Blogs from Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Day 6 Today we were keen to leave early and head straight to Coral Bay, a two and half hour drive from where we were. The place was packed, an obvious popular tourist destination as the waters were clear, turquoise and bright blue with white beaches and a reef only 200 metres away. The little town had one side of caravan and tourist parks and the other had the small shopping precinct, including a couple of bottle shops, and IGA and a few speciality stores. Parking near the beach we waded into the ocean and by knee deep huge emperor fish were swimming between our legs. I couldn’t wait to get my goggles on and see the marine life and it didn’t disappoint. Even in the shallows, there were fish galore and when you headed into ... read more

Geo: -23.1428, 113.771Hello from Coral Bay After our stay at Wooramel we moved on to Carnarvon(110Km) and stayed in the Wintersun Caravan Park. Carnarvon is known as thefruit and vegetable bowl of the north, its winter climate is perfect forgrowing all kinds of fruit and vegetables and supplies 70% of Perth's needsduring winter. A drive along north or south river roads gives you access to anumber of farmers shops where you can buy fresh in season produce at goodprices. This river is also dry and only flows 2 to 3 times a year whichrestocks the aquifers below the surface from which the farmers pump their water.From the information centre we walked across the footbridge and through to the1 mile jetty, out to the end of the jetty and back a journey of approx. 9Km.The jetty is ... read more

Hamelin Pool to Coral Bay A quick visit to the Stromatolites, which were under water as the tide was in. An uneventful drive through the low lying dry scrub desert to Carnarvon. On approach to Carnarvon the country side becomes greener and the banana plantations are in abundance. Carnarvon produces over 30,000 tonnes of fruit and vegetables every year from it's 176 plantations. Many varieties of stone fruit are grown and produced in Carnarvon, which supplies 70% of W.A.'s winter fruit and vegetables. First task was to find the place where Beth and Alan Dyall (Granny and Grandpa) once lived. Peter unsure of the exact house but knew they were temporarily in Cragg Crt, up near the OTC dish (earth tracking station) The satellite communications dish and tracking station were involved in the Apollo, Gemini and ... read more

First things first, Happy Birthday Shannon!! Not the best thing being away on your kids birthdays, even if they're adults! We did send her a wee pressy from Broome though and I called her this morning and had a lovely chat! We had a great day today here at Coral bay. One thing I personally love about the place is its so compact, the two caravan parks are almost next door, the beach is a stones throw away, the few shops and cafes are just across the road. So often when you stay in towns the caravan parks are way out of the town centre and its a bit hard to get around. But not Coral Bay! This morning I hired some snorkel gear and we popped down to the water. Ningaloo Reef is known for ... read more

Hi travel followers. Thought it was time for another update on where we are and what we have been up to. From Karratha we moved on to Exmouth (545km) for a few days via a couple of Roadhouses on the way. There was basically nothing in between except for the two roadhouses and a few cattle stations, but we are starting to see wild flowers in greater numbers which is wetting out appetite for what is to come further down the coast. Exmouth is on the tip of the Western Australian north western peninsula and it's main claim to fame is the Ningaloo Reef just off the coast. In fact the reef is so close to the coast, one can walk out and snorkel straight off the beach in the Cape Range National Park. We took ... read more