Day 70: Coral Bay

Lazy morning - slept in until 8am and spent couple of hours doing nothing.

After lunch we went fishing. The setting was fantastic - crystal clear water at a beautiful temperature (particularly when we know how cold it has been in the eastern states).

I caught two fish - the first was a big Parrot Fish - it put up a great fight and then when I landed it I didn't know whether there was a minimum size or whether they could be taken at all in WA. I rushed up to the car, grabbed the fish book and couldn't find parrot fish. I let it go - s/he was too pretty to eat and we still had fish in our freezer anyway!!!! Sue did find it in the book after I had released - you can take 4 and there is no minimum size - I wasn't worried. I then caught a long-tom or garfish - not sure of name - he jumped out of the water a number of times and turned like a gymnast - it had very sharp teeth and I released it as well. They were the only fish caught unfortunately but it was an enjoyable day. As I have said before - it sure beats work!!!!

Lorelle snorkling - from the day before

Geoff - reeling them in!!!

View north from where we were fishing

View south from where we were fishing

Lorelle fishing - note the clear water

After our fishing expedition and a shower we attended the Happy Hour at the Ningaloo Resort Hotel/Motel where we also had hamburgers & chips for dinner.

Tomorrow we leave for Carnarvon - only 238 kilometres so should be there just before lunch. We plan to stay there for 3 nights, followed by Denham for 3 nights then Kalbarri for 4 nights then Geraldton for 4 nights.

Total distance covered in 70 days: 12,227 km.

PS - The caravan park we stayed in (Bayview) was very basic - no grass - all sand. Also there was drinking water which you could put into water containers but no water to connect to the van - the water in the town was all salty bore water which we showered in.   Our caravan park was also very crowded - small sites.
The other park in the town, although a lot smaller in terms of number of sites, looked a lot better - lots of green grass and bigger sites (plus closer to the water).