Carnarvon - Exmouth

Day 5
Saturday morning joined the hustle and bustle of chaotic uggbooted Carnarvon to get some supplies before heading further north. Refueled and stopped at the Gasgoyne River (which was dry). Had a nice lunch under a huge shady tree.

Arrived mid afternoon at Coral Bay and enjoyed a lovely swim with the ever-so-friendly fish, that scared the hell out of Corinne, and Midget didn’t know what to make of them. Went snorkeling around the tranquil but busy bay and saw smaller coloured fish, brain coral, stag horn and shelf coral. Apparently Ningaloo’s claim to fame is that this is the only place in the world where all three varieties grow on top of each other. Once the cloud came over we headed for the showers. Since Coral Bay is all “no camping” we decided to head on to Exmouth. Arrived at 7pm on Saturday night to find the restaurant booked out that we went to, but then found a great little spot called Seachange Café which did great local fish & chips, and hamburgers and was BYO!

Had a nice meal then started on the hunt for a “no camping” free zone, but none was to be had. Drove out 10kms out of town to find Pebble Beach and camped there for the night, under the “no camping” sign. Awoke to find a glorious beach complete with pebble and coral in amongst the sandstone rocks. Very pretty water, and incredibly calm.