It's 9am, on a bright and warm Sunday morning. Somewhere north of Carnarvon, we put the stereo on. Blasting out of the speakers comes 2Unlimited's "No Limits". Huge smiles break across our faces, and we know that today is going to be a good day. I love some of the regional radio stations. They are pretty much like those TimeLife CD's you can buy...

Coral Bay ist ein kleines Staedtchen am Rande einer malerischen Bucht. Die Korallenriffe sind gleich vor dem Stadtrand. Coral Bay ist grandios zum Schnorcheln, Schwimmen und Sonnenbaden. Sabina Coral Bay jest malym miasteczkiem na wybrzezu malowniczej zatoki. Rafy koralowe sa u stop miasta. To miasto jest idealne do wszelkich sportow wodnych. Sa...

Coral Bay, at the southern most tip of Ningaloo Marine Park, was an incredible place to begin our experience of the area. Just 50 meters off the shore was masses of stunning coral and marine plants, snorkelling around the bay we were constantly surrounded by amazing brightly coloured and incredibly beautiful fish. Ahead, behind and around us as ...

Well that made up for a lot!!! the Turquoise Bay is really turquoise and although it has only a ribbon of sand beach the clarity of the water in the lagoon is good. Within a few meters of the shore we saw two turtles, unfazed only one meter below us. two white tipped reef sharks rays and emperor angelfish not to mention the usual suspects, brill...

Von Monkey Mia ist es dann ueber Carnarvon nach Coral Bay gegangen. Carnarvon ist eine kleiner Fischer Ort, mit einem 1km langen Jetty, welche durch unbekannte in der Mitte angezuendet worden war. Dom und ich sind dann bis an diese Stelle gelaufen. Man kann auch noch die NASA Station OTC Dish bewundern, welche 1987 den Komet Halley aufgezeichnet...

We rented out some snorkel gear and spent the day at the beach. It is quite busy here, the snorkeling isn't as great as the national park at Exmouth and the water is pretty chilly but a great way to spend the day none-the-less. I ran into Thomas from my Exmouth dive trip and he happened to be staying in my campsite with a Spanish looking girl - ...

First impression of Coral bay....lovely! Very nice seasidey town, seems to be totally geared to tourism (unsurprisingly, as this is effectively the gateway to the Ningaloo Reef, considered by many to be far superior to the Great Barrier Reef). Weather was lovely, so we got out the awning on the van, and sat relaxing in the caravan park. I drank ...

Coral bay is the home of the Ningaloo reef which is meant to be as impressive if not more than the barrier reef, we was however quite disappointed but was good to snorkel it anyway. It's meant to get a lot better a bit further up the coast so lets hope so! Not a lot more to report.

The tension amongst the wetsuit clad tourists was palpable. The boat was quiet with the engine cut and the chatter had petered out as we waited waited waited...... Then suddenly a large dark shape appeared and someone shouted is THAT a whale shark? We were about to experience a once in a life time adventure - swimming with the whale sharks on t...

After spending the whole of the time that I had hired a sea kayak yesterday seeing giant killer sharks in every patch of coral in the bay (and therefore being slightly petrified of being in such an open and flimsy craft), it stands to reason that the most exciting thing that I saw yesterday was a couple of shovel rays, and that I would come into...