Blogs from Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
May 14th 2012
G'day Bruces and Sheilas! M has finally allowed me to put pen to paper (or finger to touchscreen) and write about our latest adventures – about time I hear you say! Hope you're well and a special shout out to our friends Kel and Woody on the birth of their daughter Erica. When will we succomb to the joys of parenthood? Never at this rate – all our dosh is going on this travel malarkey, especially now as my tourist visa has been extended to a year, meaning M and I can stay in Oz til next February, though only M can work – sounds good to me! Also Happy Birthday to my sister Clare for Monday 21st May, this blog is your birthday treat! So we left our cosy caravan and relaxed lifestyle in Perth ... read more
May 11th 2012
Coral Bay 11th May This place is the stepping stone for tourists to visit the Ningaloo Reef and that is what Coral Bay is famous for and the only thing that maintains this small towns existence. The landing of the schooner Maud in 1884 at what is now known as Maud’s Landing, (wait for more on this spot!) is the earliest recorded European activity in the Coral Bay area. The town has a ‘permanent population of about 190, but at any given time of the year it could swell to as high as 5000, this is a tourist mecca on the west coast. Lying at the southern end of the Ningaloo Reef which stretches for over 260Klm to the North, it is the only coral reef in the world found so close to a landmass. At ... read more
May 8th 2012
Warroora Station Leaving Carnarvon, we went via the south Road to join the highway so that we could for a last time drive through all the Plantations and pick up some Carnarvon Gold (Bananas) from a roadside stall, fantastic. Joining the North West Coastal Highway (NWCH) again it was point the nose North West and eat up kilometres. The landscape now has become quite flat with red sand and scrub dominating. Occasionally we will pass by or over a ridge but we are now in the Pilbara and it is basically a hot, flat and red landscape, and it is winter! As we headed towards Minilya Roadhouse, our first and only available stop before our destination, we looked at some of the amazing stats for this state, Western Australia. With a total land area of 2,529,875 ... read more
April 24th 2012
Saturday afternoon, April 21, we arrived in Coral Bay and checked into our caravan park, and headed to the beach. This is one of those places, as was Turquoise Bay, where against expectations, the water really is the variety of amazing colors of blue and green as depicted in the travel brochures....absolutely gorgeous. We inspected amazing sand castles and watched a group of elderly Japanese tourists learn how to put on snorkel masks. Had a great seafood dinner at the local restaurant. Coral Bay is only nominally a town; it is essentially 3 adjacent resorts, each with a strip mall and various services such as grocery stores, dive shops, a bottle shop, an a couple of cafes. Sunday the 22nd we had booked to go out on a whale shark boat. We had 3 lovely snorkels, ... read more
Day 4 Perth to Broome - Coral Bay
Published: April 23rd 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Coral Bay
April 16th 2012
Today was a free day to spend doing whatever we wanted in Coral Bay. A few of the group decided to go on trip to swim with manta rays but we had heard that you need to be a strong swimmer to keep up with the ray as they move pretty fast, so we decided to opt out of that one and spend our money on the whale sharks later in the trip instead. So instead we got up at a more leisurely hour of 7am and went for a run along the coast to the jetty in coral bay. We then decided to have a relaxing day on the beach. The coastline off Coral Bay is home to Ningaloo reef which is the only fringing reef in the world - meaning ... read more
December 15th 2011
13th December Worse for wear this morning. Probably from the cheap wine, but could also be the heat, tiredness, etc. Making tuna pasta for lunch I find a jar of pasta sauce in the fridge that expired a year to the day. I put it back where I found it. Spend the day hanging around the caravan doing nothing and relaxing - can't wait to get out of here. I'm not leaving Karratha, I'm running away. From the people, from the things I've done here and the things this town seems to demand from people. When I flew to Karratha all of my possessions fit into my rucksack, with ease; now my rucksack is bulging and I have a full day bag. Need to readjust for Australian travelling. Drop the car off at Eagle Boys and ... read more
December 3rd 2011
Drove to Coral bay, if you love your snorkelling, then you will love this place... the reef is right off the beach with plenty of marine life. Most of the photos taken are with my Olympus water proof camera whilst snorkelling... Did not do scuba dive there, because I was the only certified scuba diver in the group, but snorkelling was fun, single breath hold usually lasts 45 seconds and allowed me to dive to depth of 5-7 meters, so most the the underwater photos are taken at depth of 5 meters, no wetties required, as water temperature is around 20 degree celsius... Only spend a day there, ideally, would have loved to had a week there, because then could have taken a few boat dives too... Definitely going back there again, perhaps in 2 months ... read more
October 22nd 2011
Yardie Homestead to Coral Bay(CB) with some Sturt Desert Peas on the way(11800 km to 11980 km )... read more
October 22nd 2011
Coral Bay(CB) (11980 km to 11980 km) CADES DIARY -Days 73 to 75 Skim boarding first try at one; spent 5 hours having fun with hired skim board. snorkelling and saw huge stingray fishing off the boat ramp I caught three Gold Spotted Trevally Played with Kyle from England.... read more
