CORAL BAY, ROAD TO EXMOUTH AND CAPE RANGE NATIONAL PARK (THE NINGALOO COAST)

Coral Bay was beautiful. You just walked out onto the beach and the Ningaloo Reef was right there in front of you.

                                     

We took to the water and did a bit of exploring.

We were a bit disappointed with our underwater photography but here are some pics anyway.

 

Next it was further north to Exmouth and Cape Range National Park. We drove through a sand storm, the changing landscape was breathtaking. We loved it!!!

Cape Range National Park was magnificent.  Beautiful beaches on one side and the range on the other. Every day here was spent exploring the coastline and wandering through the range. Marine life in the ocean was aplenty but unfortunately our photographic skills were not up to capturing it. Highlights were stumbling across turtles swimming in the many bays that we visited.

Not to shabby having a drink and watching a sunset like this........and they kept coming.

 This shark excited everyone.

 The "Mildura" shipwreck

 Snorklers, not sharks

We took the walk through Yardie Creek Gorge

 

What a fabulous way to finish our stay here. Its further north to the Pilbara region now

HAMELIN POOL, CARNARVON, GASCOYNE JNCT, QUOBBA

 

 The oldest Stromatolites in the world are found in Western Australia, and date to 3.7 billion years old. As such, the stromatolites provide a record of local environmental changes. Hamelin Pool in Western Australia is one of only four places on earth where living marine stromatolites exist and the location contains by far the biggest colony on earth. The Hamelin Pool stromatolites are oldest and largest living fossils on earth. Stromatolites are considered 'living fossils', part of the Earth's evolutionary history.

Scenery, road to Carnarvon

  
We took the track from the Carnarvon Town Foreshore out to 1 Mile Jetty. Unfortunately the jetty is closed due to disrepair.

How's this for digs..................

We ventured out to Gascoyne Junction for the day and stopped at Rocky Pool

 Great BBQ

How much grazing land do you want????

 View to the Kennedy Ranges from Gascoyne Junction

 Dry Gascoyne River beds

 

 Another trip was out to Quobba Blowholes

 

The "Aquarium" was a magnificent spot for a swim.

 

 How's this for a perfect Carnarvon sunset while munching on a feed of fish-n-chips

 

 

Coral Bay here we come...........................