Category Archives: Australia, 2010-11

Or first stop this morning was to photograph the “Catastrophic” fire sign.  We’ve seen these all over Australia, and have been amused at the fire category even higher than “extreme”.  This is the first one we’ve actually seen set at … Continue reading →

We drove to Corrigin today, as we are on our way to see Wave Rock at Hyden, and this is a good place to stop along the way.  Much of the road that we travelled on today was narrow, but … Continue reading →

We started the long drive back to Sydney yesterday, March 31.  In the morning we had the oil changed at Ningaloo Auto Repairs.  We arrived before they opened (though we were on time) and waited for a few minutes for … Continue reading →

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 →