Ningaloo Caravan & Holiday Resort Exmouth

... incredibly expensive so we spent our two days here on the beach and snorkelling. <br><br>Surprisingly, the snorkelling was totally different to the other end of the reef; the coral was much more impressive and stretched on for miles instead of just appearing in patches like in Cape Range. The wildlife, however, wasn&#8217;t as varied and apart from Sarah&#8217;s sighting of a turtle, it was pretty much just fish we saw. We can&#8217;t believe how blasé we&#8217;ve become about ...

Ningaloo Reef has been an absolute highlite for us. We are both from the Ocean now doubt, and Oscar loves the water just as much as we do; Snorkeling, Fishing, Whale watching and even a little surf. Suprised we left? well it is 40 degrees every day til march! And we have no AC in the tent.

... of these vans has a decorative theme and a quirky witticism painted on the back. Our van had Kurt Cobain looking peeved on one side and the rest of Nirvana on the other. The boot read &#8216;God gave man enough blood to run his brain and his penis, but not at the same time&#8217;. Erm, quite.<br><br>When you&#8217;re in a Wicked campervan, everyone is happy to see you. Wicked are the Google of the backpacking ...

... Uncle Sam) we plunged straight into the cool water and were instantly transported to another world. We saw tiny blue fish dancing near the surface; starfish lazing on rocks on the seabed; we saw sea cucumbers that looked like poo. At one point, I saw a large, dark shadow looming under the coral. Now, this stretch of coast sees it&#8217;s fair share of sharks, and not just the little &#8217;safe&#8217; ones that Australians pooh-pooh, but the big ones ...

... bikini and tag-teamed their occupation of the bathroom so that no-one else in the dorm could get in there. A stray spark from their cigarette could, at any time, have incinerated us all had it landed in the mountain of animal-skin print polyester that overflowed onto the floor of the room.<br><br>You may be wondering why nobody said something to these girls. Why no-one, lying in their bunks, awake much earlier that they had intended to be, told them where they could ...

... at deserted roadhouses along the way. Each time we stopped, everyone piled off the bus and wandered aimlessly around the shop, picking up and putting down novelty lighters, trying on sunglasses and fingering Australian flag t-shirts. To return to the bus empty-handed seems like a waste of a precious opportunity - as the journey continues and roadhouse follows roadhouse, the question becomes not &#8216;do I want to buy anything?&#8217; but &#8216;what shall I buy this time ...

... have seen camels and brumbys in the wild, kangaroos and their joeys joining us for dinner, emus racing the car down the side of the road, and swum amongst snapper the size of Alex &#8211; she doesn&#8217;t even flinch! <br><br>The kids have taken to snorkelling like fish to water. Turquoise Bay on Ningaloo Reef in the Cape Range National Park has a natural current so you walk up the beach and allow it to drag you down the beach whilst you ...

Next stop after Karratha was the more picturesque and tourist oriented Exmouth. Exmouth is to Perth what Noosa is to Melbourne &#8211; a chance to escape the long winter terms for a bit of sunshine and sand - and as it was the last weekend of the WA school holidays, we found ourselves unable to find a campsite for the first time on our trip. Not to worry: we instead enjoyed a night in a holiday apartment. The ...

... at the jetty and then called it a day. Next morning we visited the infamous Boab prison tree. This tree has a girth of 14 metres and a hollow trunk. At one time it was used as a prison or holding place by blackbirder's; settlers who captured and used Aboriginal people in the Pearling Industry. Prisoners were held inside this tree en route to the Old Derby gaol. You can still see the rusty iron rings that are bolted into the ground and were used to chain the prisoners. It is a sad ...

... where you can snorkel.<br><br>We headed into Exmouth this morning to get water, fuel and gas. We had nice coffee at the café and also ended up buying snorkelling gear &#8211; rather than hiring it.<br><br> Once we got back to camp. We quickly got ready for the beach and headed down to Turquoise Bay. There are two different sections there &#8211; Drift and Bay. We went to Drift. Once you get down to the beach, you head about ...