Day Three

First thing in the morning we stood knee deep in the ocean and watched the dolphins come in for a daily feed. When the dolphins came to within a few meters of us it was an exciting site to behold, but in honesty I lost interest in the spectical reasonably quickly and felt it somehow didn't quite warrant the two hundred strong crowd fighting for space on the beach.  

In close proximity to Monkey Mia are the Stromatolites and Shell Beach. At 3 billion years old the Stromatolites are the oldest thing on the earth; and a strange sight for sunburnt eyes.

Shell beach, so named because the sand is made up enitrely of crushed shells, is the largest unspoilt stretch of beach I have ever seen. This was one of the places I felt we had to rush around and could have had a little longer with.

After a short time in each place we continued on our drive and spent the entire rest of the day in the van, stopping to watch the sunset at the tropic of capricorn sign. The brewing cyclone whilst messing up our snorkeling plans for the next few days did at least make for a beautiful sunset.



Day Four

In the morning we went snorkelling over the reef at Coral bay. With brightly coloured coral, crystal clear water, an amazing range of tropical fish, manta rays, turtles... it certainly holds its own as top spot for snorkelling.

Glass bottom boat

Coral Bay



We spent a second night in our hostel near the beach which had a good enough bar to sustain a decent evening drinking with friends.

Day Five

I'll make this one short...we drove down to the beach at Exmouth, but alas due to weather conditions were unable to snorkle, or even swim very far in the choppy conditions.
The water was brilliantly turquoise, and I know if it looked this beautiful on the back of a cyclone it must be mesmorising in good conditions: