What a beautiful part of the world!
We were so glad that we ended up securing a booking here – we absolutely loved it. It felt
like a summer holiday – while on our extended summer holiday! We were very lucky to be
given a great site with lots of room and close to beach access.
The first two days we were blessed
with magical beach weather – crystal blue water, 27 degrees and no wind!!! We
took full advantage of the weather and spent the first afternoon and the whole
of the second day on the beach. We set up the Cool Cabana, packed food for the
day and spent the majority of our time snorkelling. On day two we got
adventurous and snorkelled 350m off the beach to the white buoy where the glass
bottom boat tours spend time. We swam past beautiful massive purple coral
structures, brilliant blue coral antlers and amazing gardens of coral flowers.
We had never seen coral like it - incredible! Far better than our Nth QLD Barrier Reef
experience. We swam over manta rays (gripping hands so that we didn’t lose each
other) and when we reached the buoy it was like being locked inside an
aquarium. Hundreds of fish were swimming around us – from super large Spanish
Mackerel to masses of tiny, brilliantly coloured fish. It was a ‘pinch me
moment’ for us both. Andrew’s shivering inside his wetsuit top was the only
reason to turn and head back to shore - whilst also conscious that we were now
quite a long way out (Sippy was on the look out for much larger fish .. ala sharks
….) We were thrilled that we had conquered this swim – but were both quite glad
when we were safely back on the beach. Later from the beach we watched dolphins
swim right past where we were swimming earlier. Shame we didn’t snorkel past
them.
That evening we enjoyed a Sippy BBQ
and settled in to watch Australia versus Canada in the Women’s World Cup (Go
Aussies defeating Canada 4-0 and proceeding to the Round of 16).
Day Three was overcast and a little
windy, so we had a relaxing, late breakfast, a nice walk up to the headland and
shared a bucket of Exmouth prawns with a beer at Bill’s Bar. We spent the
afternoon catching up with blogs and Instagram reels and preparing to move on
the next day. It rained quite heavily that night – only our second experience
of rain since we had left home. Let’s hope it helps to bring the wildflowers
out further down the coast.
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