Aerial view of the bush near Coral Bay

A small amount of sealife

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November 3rd 2009
So Coral Bay... the gateway to the Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia's answer to the Great Barrier Reef. Here we had a number of optional extras, meaning my chance to blow a big load of money in one go. Most of my day was spent on the 'Manta Ray' snorkeling trip. This started off with some snorkeling over the reef looking at all the colourful fish and coral in the top couple of metres of the se ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more