Blogs from Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

YIPPEE we are back in the ocean after it seems a loooong stint through amazing hot hot countryside and all scary critters in the ocean. Broome we saw the water again and witnessed our first sunset over the ocean. I yoga-ed a bit in the Buddha sanctuary. We found a new free bike for me at a garage sale. Went to a great movie in the world's oldest open air cinema and watched Tim Wintons “ The Turning”...an interpretation of his work by 17 Aussie directors. Of course we also visited the market and other Broome delights before heading down the coast. Most impressive - all the mining which is going on in this part of the country. Rents in Karratha come at $1300 per week for a house and it seems all the towns are ... read more

Our next destination took us back to the coast at Point Samson near Karratha. An immaculate caravan park with grass and no red dust. We thought we were in 7th heaven. Spent time here riding our bikes, visiting Karratha and going on a ‘Port to Port’ tour which was sponsored by Rio Tinto. Amazing, driving into the mine and around all the workings and to see all the new development under way and the current loading of ships. No sign of a slow down here as they are building infrastructure to increase the amount of ore that can be shipped out. Although, we were a little surprised as with all the Toyota 4 WD’s around and extensive accommodation you would expect to see loads of workers but no... unbelievably most of the mechanical work is controlled ... read more

Today we arrived in Coral Bay, we stayed at Bayview Caravan park. At the campsite it had a heated pool, two playgrounds, tennis court and a bouncy pillow. when we got there we put up the trailer tent had lunch and went in the pool. After the pool we went to the trailer tent and had chicken wraps for tea. The next day we went to the beach and went snorkelling in the sea we thought we saw giant trevally but they were Snapper and red emperor. They came close to our feet and they felt like slimy goo. The coral looked like sticks and cabbage, it is known as finger coral and cabbage coral. We saw lots of tropical fish, we saw angel fish, butterfly fish, parrot fish, zebra fish and trumpet fish and lots ... read more

Auch heute bin ich wieder einmal um 0630 Uhr aufgestanden, hab mir mein Frühstück gemacht, alles gepackt und bin um 0730 Uhr nach Monkey Mia aufgebrochen. Ich wollte zumindest einmal sehen, wie die freilebenden Delfine ganz nah an Menschen herankommen und sich füttern lassen. Und genau das konnte ich kurze Zeit später auch sehen – Delfine aus ein paar Metern Entfernung, die sich für einige Zeit in der Nähe von knapp 40 Schaulustigen Menschen aufhalten. Ich find es gut, dass die Betreiber des Dolphin Resort hier nur am Vormittag solche Begegnungen möglich machen und nachmittags nicht füttern, um die Delphine weiterhin selbst jagen zu lassen und sie möglichst wenig von ihrem natürlichen Leben zu entfernen. Zur Belohnung habe ich mir wieder einmal einen Espresso gegönnt und bin dann aus Monkey Mia aufgebrochen. Heute waren übrigens zum ... read more

Coral Bay is more like an overgrown petrol station than a town. It really isn't much more than a gorgeous beach surrounded by a few places to stay and enough tour operators to supply a small country of visitors. Regardless, we ended up spending four nights there. Yeah, the water really is that mesmerizing. We found Ningaloo Experience on the first day, and as they seemed to run the smallest tours, had the best prices, and the woman working there, Fran, was not only local but really knew what she was talking about, we decided to abandon our frugal ways and invest in the hopes of getting to swim with some wonderful underwater creatures. We had to wait a day to hope some more people would sign up, and we spent the first half of it ... read more