Blogs from Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

After 16 days of travelling together we left Pat and Marian to enjoy a few more days at Ningaloo National Park while we moved on to try to swim with Manta rays. Travelling together has been a lot of fun but now our schedules diverged. Greg had always wanted to swim with Whale sharks and Manta rays. Since the Whale shark season had passed we turned to the permanent population of Manta rays at Coral Bay. As we Exited Exmouth we bought another MSA rated whole rump from the local butcher. The previous one that we had bought in Alice Springs had turned out to be fantastic so the opportunity was too good to resist. Of course this meant that our first job in Coral Bay was to cut, pack and freeze the rump. The Coral ... read more

Day 48 – Thursday 16th August – South Lefroy Bay, Ningaloo Station Another sensational morning at Ningaloo – just a shame to be packing up and heading off. We had one last snorkel off the beach then de-sanded everything as well as we could before packing up. It was 11am when we finally pulled away from the beach. At the homestead we returned the (empty and clean ) portaloo and the key and got our deposit back, minus $27.50 for the extra night camping. From then we drove about 50kms on the unsealed road back out of Ningaloo Station, headed towards the small resort town of Coral Bay. We stopped at the junction of the track and the bitumen road to re-inflate the tyres and who should pull in behind us but Brian, Sandy ... read more

DAYS ON THE ROAD = 20 It's been a week since my last entry and we've been really busy this week as I've started home-schooling the kids in preparation for term 3. The girls have settled into schooling really well and it certainly takes alot of organisation on the home tutor's side, namely me.... I'm sure it will become alot easier and I will schedule everything quicker and quicker as time goes by. Lucky my middle name is Organised. Started a new list book today for schoolwork, the people who know me will have a laugh about that one, I have lists for everything.... I will give you a brief recount of the things we got up to this week and also include some great shots. Please enjoy and keep on following.... Saturday 14th July 2012 ... read more

DAYS ON THE ROAD = 9 Woke up nice and early in preparation for our day out on the boat in search of a whale shark. Feeling abit nervous as I don't like to be out of my depth in the big wide deep ocean and not knowing what is under you!! Charles is pumped and ready to go. We drop the little ones off at mum and dads (thank goodness they're here as well to look after the girls) with plenty of things to do, I think they will have lots of fun today. Down we walk to the dive shop to go and try on our wetsuits and flippers, on the bus we hop and it all begins. There's about 20 people on the trip today and all really excited about what they are ... read more

DAYS ON THE ROAD = 7 Ok you're probaby going to get sick of hearing about the nice weather especially if you live in my home town Perth. Sorry :) Charles and I start our day off with a walk around Coral Bay. Charles thought we should get in the car to drive around, but with a little chuckle, I explained that we could actually just walk the one main street to look around the bay. The girls are off already around their nan and pops. The park has cleared out ready for the onset of the school holidays caravaners. Just had news that there was a fatal crash on the main road from Carnarvon to Coral Bay and that the road is blocked both ways. Not good news and very sad. This has stopped people ... read more