21st September Coral Bay

Sand Dune Driving, lots of fun

Snorkelling at Oyster Bridge a personal aquarium

Oyster Bridge

Coral Bay

Beach Driving

The Coastal Road

Grade 1 Boys Red Hill Primary

Boat Harbor

After one more night in Exmouth where the boys got to watch G Force on the big screen we headed out to the National Park, where we had lunch with the Red Hill family's (it was Nash's birthday) and another family we had met a couple of times enroute. They all lined up to watch us cross Yardie Creek an infamous creek crossing which didn't prove to be very much after all. 10km on we bushcamped at Boat Harbor on the recommendation of the Stuarts. The wind has come up quite a lot so it was not as pleasant but there was a small sheltered bay where we could still enjoy swimming and saw some beautiful soft corals and large fish. We found some amazing caories there and the boys tried their hands at fishing again but unfortunately there was no fish for dinner that night. Some locals found 2 huge crayfish, and tried to swap us a massive fish for firewood, but given fires were banned we couldn't exactly help.
Monday we headed down the coastal route, a sandy track that passes through government property and then 2 massive stations to Coral Bay. It was really beautiful with mountain range on one side and massive sand dunes and crystal clear waters on the other. Stopped for a swim, but unfortunately not good snorkelling but still crystal clear waters. We are back in caravan park madness at Coral Bay where we are back with the masses. Today was one of the trip highlights. We snorkelled this morning at the local beach of Coral Bay, where the Coral is truly amazing and so easily accessible. The boys went out in a glass bottom canoe where they could also see the fabulous coral. This afternoon we went by beach (very full on driving) to Oyster Bridge where it was like snorkelling in your own aquarium, in two huge pools created by the low tide. The boys really enjoyed it and the amount of different fish was amazing. We came home via the sanddunes which was lots of fun, described as like being on a rollercoaster. Tomorrow we head down south for Monkey Mia and Francis Peron national park after another snorkel in the morning. Forecast is for sunny and 29 degrees getting up to 31 degrees on the weekend. Its a hard life!