Monthly Archives: March 2011

Unfortunately today was our last day in the Exmouth area, as we must leave tomorrow.  We have had three days of excellent snorkelling here, and we saved the best for last.  Oyster Stacks was the best site we’ve been to, … Continue reading →

It was a very warm day today, one of the warmest we’ve had in weeks, with the temperature around 37 C.  First this morning we stopped at the tire repair shop, and had our one most worn tire replaced by … Continue reading →

We drove to Cape Range National Park this morning.  On the way y0u pass through the Australian Navy’s radio station, which has some pretty impressive antenna arrays.  Right at the base there were three emu walking along the road.  The … Continue reading →

We snorkelled until about 9:30 this morning.  With the low tide we found one spot that was only a little over a metre below the surface, and there were many fish there.  The water was quite calm today as the … Continue reading →

We snorkelled off the beach here at Coral Bay three times today.  First this morning we went out at about 8:00 as the tide was low just before that.  As well there was no wind, and so the water was … Continue reading →

It was mostly just a travel day today as we drove north to Coral Bay.  The highway shows signs of much heavy rain over the past days, though how long ago we are not sure.  The edge of the road … Continue reading →

We got up early this morning to watch the dolphin encounter at the beach. We arrived by 7:30 (there were already a couple of dolphins swimming close to shore, just a short way from the show area) and quite a few … Continue reading →

This place (apparently mia is the word for “shelter” in the local abboriginal dialect) has a rather strange name.  No one is quite sure where the “monkey” part of the name came from, though it may be the name of … Continue reading →

We stopped at several of the small towns (resort towns really from what we could see) along the way looking for the good swimming and snorkeling spots described in our guidebook.  We really didn’t find anywhere, especially since the onshore … Continue reading →

We left Perth this morning after speaking to a salesman at the Winnebago dealership there; however we won’t be selling our home through them, and the conversation helped us to firm up our plans for the next weeks.  We will … Continue reading →