Yesterday we entered the Ningaloo reef coast which goes from Carnarvon to Exmouth. Another great day travelling up the West coast. Didn’t get away as early this morning. Left about 9.15am arriving at Coral Bay mid-day after one stop at a parking area on the side of the road to make coffee. On these long stretches of roads they have good tidy areas to pull into. Sometimes they are big enough to free camp overnight. which a few people do. We have set up camp at the Peoples Park, had lunch then went for a walk around Coral Bay. Not a big area the open coast is over the sand dunes and Coral Bay sweeps round into a sheltered calm Bay. On the coast side of the area there is a reef running along further out to sea preventing it to have the big waves bounding the shoreline like many places we have been to. We are here for two nights just to have a quiet time and a break from driving. Won’t be using the van while we are here, one, nothing to do but go swimming and two, you can walk everywhere from camp. So don’t think that I will be writing a blog tomorrow night as I have covered the whole place in tonight’s blog. All that there is left to do here is a bit of R n R. We have been on the go since we left Perth so looking forward to a whole day off.
As we headed north after leaving Carnarvon we Crossed over the Gascoyne River which goes down and flows through Carnarvon. You can see how dry it has been not a lot of water. Just a quick shot out of the van window.
It still amazes us how flat this area up the coast is just keeps on keeping on.
These are Telstra cell towers which are scattered all up the coast. It’s a good service only loosing reception for very short spells then it picks up the next receiver. Excellent, we are about 50 metres from a tower right now so when I upload my photos tonight they are there practically as soon as I press the button. To be fair it’s been like that at nearly every stop. Telstra the best way to go in the area we are covering.
We first saw these in the outback on the East Coast and saw our
first one on this coast today. They are also bigger than the East Coast ones we saw. We think that they are built by termites. Imagine how long ago this would have been started to be built.
Now on our walk around Coral Bay. What you see in these photos is what you get. So will be just a quiet time as we have walked the area today. They do have a small shopping arcade up the road as well. Our camp is out of sight just along the road further. I am still fascinated by these sand dunes, which we have seen right up the coast. These are small compared to the ones we have seen. This bay is the sheltered area good for young families as it seems quite shallow and a bit tidal.
This gives a better aspect of the ocean out to the left and the bay sweeping in on the right.
Looking over the sand dunes to the ocean. You can see the reef out to sea so it is always calm inside a reef.
Looking along the coast out into the open sea.
Showing the reef which protects the bay and coastline. And all the shades of blue including the sky.
You can get the impression how high and steep the sand dunes have built up over time with the strong winds they get on this coast.
Stopped and chattered to some guys just got in from fishing and now filleting their fish. These fish are very like our snapper but they are a very deep dark pink going on red. They are called Red Emperor. Their limit is 50cm so all big fish to our standards. Apparently they are sweeter and juicier than our snapper. They sound yummy, will have to find some to try.
We noticed these public filleting tables at most good fishing areas all up the west coast.
Thanks Cody for all your questions I have answered them on yesterdays blog. Well done.
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