18th September Ningaloo

Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo

Swimming at Ningaloo

Turquoise Bay

Enjoying the glass bottom boat Ningaloo

Big Machines!

Boys enjoying Big Machines!

Camping Dinner at Karijini

Yeah, we are back in Sunshine and warm days near the beach. After our wet day in Tom Price and the boys enjoying the luxury of a cabin, we said goodbye to Dad and spent the day driving to Exmouth. The day went very quickly despite being 550 odd kms as we have embarked on a new series of talking books which called Percy Jackson and the Olympians which has us all hooked. We have now been in Exmouth for 3 nights, getting the car serviced and yes finding more of Luke's friends from Red Hill. Now we have also met up with the Jacobs, Nash being in Lukes class. We went out drifting down the reef at Turquoise Bay on Thursday which the boys seemed to really enjoy as it was easy off the beach. Crystal clear waters, lots of fish and coral. It really does rival the Barrier Reef and for accessibility its fantastic. Yesterday we went out on a glass bottom boat and snorkelling with the 2 family's from Red Hill and another family who also have boys that the kids had Point Sampson and had recognised Luke. Surprise, surprise. There were lots of oohs and aahs from the kids as we went out over the reef and our 2 boys did a great job snorkelling off the boat. Again the snorkelling was fantastic with some brilliant fish and some bombies that were up to 1000 years old.

We have debated lining up at 7am in the morning to get a campsite in the National Park as its a 50km drive away but have decided to drive through, do the infamous Yardie Creek crossing and camp on the other side (wind permitting). We'll see how we go for a couple of nights and then drive down behind the sand dunes to Coral Bay. We're very much aware now that we are on the homeward track now which is both exciting but a bit sad.