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| Sunset at Osprey |
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| Fishing at Osprey camp site |
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| Turquoise bay |
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| Termite mounds |
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| Rare black footed rock wallaby at Yardie creek |
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| Osprey |
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Ningaloo Reef
Ningaloo Reef is World Heritage listed and unlike our east coast the reef is just a few metres from the foreshore within Cape Range NP Steve still hasn't managed to catch a decent size fish but has had lots of fun snorkelling at Turquoise Bay and the Oyster Stacks (more photos of this to come). Unbelievable turquoise and blue crystal clear water. The video below shows dart fish swimming around at my feet in the shallows.
Monkey Mia
This was on my bucket list ......It was awesome to see the dolphins up so close. After the official session we were lucky enough to witness dolphins chasing fish into the shallows (at our feet) to eat. The cheeky pelicans were hanging around to steal some fish too!
Point Quobba Blowholes near Carnavon/More stromolites
More amazing stromalites ..... beginning of life on planet earth!
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| A haven for little birds |
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| Note our new attire ... a necessity around here! |
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Denham/Shark Bay
It seems like a long time between posts, but we have just arrived back from 5 days at Ningaloo Reef (camping in the wilderness). Shark Bay provides a very important place in the world for marine animals. The areas of seagrass are the most important in the world. We sighted turtles and sharks swimming in the crystal clear waters.
Shell Beach was unbelievable, made up of billions of cockle shells. For our anniversary we ate in a restaurant in Denham called The Old Pearler which was constructed with building blocks made from naturally compressed cockle shells. Now it is only allowed to be used to maintain existing historic buildings constructed from the quarried shell blocks.
Shell Beach was unbelievable, made up of billions of cockle shells. For our anniversary we ate in a restaurant in Denham called The Old Pearler which was constructed with building blocks made from naturally compressed cockle shells. Now it is only allowed to be used to maintain existing historic buildings constructed from the quarried shell blocks.
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| Shark feed at the Oceanarium |
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| Georgeous turtle being rehabilated |
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| Eagles Bluff |
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| The chores still have to be done! |
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| Shell beach |
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| The shells compact over time (10 metres thick in places) |
Pinnacles
One of the biggest highlights so far has been our stay on Nambung Station with access to Pinnacles within the National Park only accessed through the Station property. No photo could portray the surreal landscape we discovered without other tourists. I must admit it got extremely windy on the first night, so on the second night we bailed out and spend the night in a cottage on the property. Thank you to Fiona, Steve and Eugenie for your company.
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