We pack and move south to Yardie Creek Homestead, on the opposite side of the peninsula to Exmouth, hoping to get into the National Park campgrounds of Ningaloo Reef. Drop off boat at Yardie and head down to National Park, amazing amount of camp spots over a 70klm coast and we found ya need to line up from about 6am at Rangers station to get a camp spot as they only let in the amount of people that leave on any day.
Tuesday, yawn at the ranger’s station at 6.30am only to find there is 12 vehicles in front of us, but we did get a choice of 2 sites and got one that suited us to a tee, set up camp in between 2 massive motor homes, the bus looks tiny.
The next 4 days were taken up with walks on the beach,
Maz snorkelling and swimming every day
and enjoyed great happy hour with at least 15 others each arvo at 5 on the dot !
I would have really liked to use the boat here but strong winds each day and beach launch made it all to hard. The guys that had been out prior to us getting there said there is lots of fish and not hard to hook up the main problem is getting the fish onboard before the sharks get them!
Friday, we packed and said goodbye to a great bunch of people and on the road about 10ish, fuel and food stock back in Exmouth, then a trip off the main road up into the ranges, stunning scenery.
Think it was more for 4wds than the bus, took it very slow and got through unscathed. Arrived in Coral Bay after a strong head wind, mid afternoon (lucky we booked C/P) to a very busy tiny town, 2 packed caravan parks and not a lot else, the place just caters for tourists. Saturday Maz drift snorkelled and we watched the fish (large WA snapper) being feed at shore.
Sunday again huge south west winds, sure knocks the fuel economy and bus is buffed all over the road, we left Coral Bay at midday, drove for an hour and stopped for lunch, hoping the winds may ease, 2 hours later, back on the road for another hour to a free camp beside a very dry river
about 6 other vehicles and we had a sensational leg of lamb in the cobb.
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