CHILLY... Pack up at Nerren Nerren was a challenge at 3
degrees. We had a great drive to Canarvon, listening to CD 5 of the famous 101
Driving Songs -thanks to Saints Swim Club!
The much anticipated Mango Smoothies were the first port of call
for Chrissy and Will -YUM! Catching up with Suzie and Scott O'Lachlan
(Kai, Tara and Roxy dog) was fabulous, as was their tip to visit "The
Aquarium" near the Blowholes. Jim,
Kurt and Will explored the amazing coral reef and emerged wondering if the
Great Barrier Reef could beat it. The
lesson of the day - we should have spent more time in Canarvon... With no
week-end plantation tours, the Dish, Mile Long Jetty, and lots of local history
- next time....
Will with his treasures.
Bit close to the blowholes
At the Aquarium at Quobba, not a great picture but hundreds of fish.
Sunday morning saw us leaving Carnarvon by 7am and on the road to Coral Bay. We were without a booking but unbelievably we were able to secure a near beachfront site at the Peoples Park, which looked the better of the two in town. After a quick set-up it was up to the beach where the locals(a heap of very big Spangled Emperor were ready to welcome us. The coral and fish were great, unlike the water temperature which was freezing. Any way the routine became, snorkel, warm up, snorkel go back to the van for food, etc,etc.....and start again. Coral Bay is a great place to do not much, we hardly used the car for two days and was quite relaxing. The spangled Emperor down at the main beach are great ambassadors for the place and when I threw a line in later in the day in the allowable fishing zone of course they were nowhere to be seen. The other x-factors for these places is the wind which can have an impact on your day and gets all the crew who have dragged boats up there very grumpy. Next stop Exmouth.
A couple of the friendly locals at Coral Bay.
The view from our site at Coral Bay
Out on the glass bottomed Canoe
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