Mon. 10th Sept., 2012 - Exmouth to Coral Bay

We were up bright & early & left Exmouth just after 7.30am.  There were a few small clouds in the sky but it was a lovely day & we hoped the beautiful weather we'd become accustomed to, would continue.

The road from Exmouth to Coral Bay traversed an almost tree-less terrain, with a lot of termite hills.  The soil became less red & spinifex ruled!  We saw several sheep as well as some goats with coats of various colours (mainly white, cream & brown).

We stopped at Coral Bay for coffee & liked it so much that Bob & I decided to spend a night there.  Judy & Charlie continued on to Carnarvon as they had already seen some of the places that we wanted to visit.

Coral Bay

We met a nice English couple called Mal & Steve, who had lived in Australia for 42 years - we had coffee with them, then went to the beach for a swim.  The water was warm & full of fish - large numbers of them swam around us, seemingly unconcerned by our presence.   At 3.30pm., someone came to feed them & they congregated in even larger numbers.  There were snappers, parrot fish, rainbow fish, zebra fish, etc. - a delight to watch.

At 5pm., we went to Mal & Steve's caravan for drinks & spent a very pleasant couple of hours with them.