Days 69 - 70 Wednesday 22nd June & Thursday 23rd June 2011

We left Exmouth this morning at about 8.00. It was a beautiful morning with none of the wind of the previous days. We drove to Coral Bay and got a site for tonight. We have to go back in the morning to see if or where other sites will be available. As we drove into Coral Bay we were hit by a swarm of locusts.

We had lunch and then went down for a swim off the beach. We ended up hiring a snorkel, mask and flippers and snorkelling on the reef just off the beach. The coral wasn’t very colourful but the fish were fantastic. We then went for a walk and ended up having tea at the pizza restaurant. Doug is still raving about the gelatos he had.

Distance travelled today  156kms

Total distance travelled 11041 kms

Day 70 Thursday 23^rd June

This morning we had to shift sites, as there are lots of people coming into the park for their holidays and you need to book ahead here.

Then we went snorkelling off the main beach again. It was great. The coral is good but not colourful. The colour of the water is fantastic  and it is warm enough to swim. There were quite a few fish around, some of which are quite big. Unfortunately you can’t catch them here as this is a protected area. 

Later in the afternoon we went for a walk along the beach to watch the fish feeding. Many large snapper came in to swim around everyone’s legs and eat fish pellets thrown to them. It was weird having fish brush up against your legs but still amazing. Doug and Geoff were more interested in the beach scene than the feeding of the fish.