Travel Tales of 2

So the next main stop was coral bay to get there we went through Carnavon (not much to write about), passed some blowholes which were pretty cool and of course we passed across the tropic of Capricon - took pics to prove it. The weather was nice and warm so was the water - which was great cause we got to go snorkeling without freezing. Coral Bay is on Nigaloo reef so there were lots of fishes and turtles about not to mention black and white tip reef sharks.

We headed out on a boat to find a whale shark so we could swim with it and i have to admit it probably topped the dolphin feeding it was amazing. They’re huge - don’t worry they’re vegetarian so they weren’t going to eat us which is a good thing cause it almost ran into Garrett on our first swim with it. The spotter plane found a young female (so could’ve been even bigger but cause it was so young it was curious about us so it didn’t try and run away) really quickly so got to do some diving that day too - saw reef sharks and stingrays this time oh and a manta ray.

On the way back to the boat after snorkeling i got a shock when a fish came really close to my face really fast and then just as quickly turned away - after it happened again I looked up out of the water to discover the captain of the boat throwing crackers into the water - he was feeding the fish and thought my reaction was hilarious so he kept pegging more and more crackers round my head and there were fish coming at me from all angles…. took a bit of getting used to.

The weather became overcast and rainy so we decided to head on up to Karratha where Adam and Danny were working. Only stayed the one night thank god cause we picked up were we left off starting with a slab of beer!!! Had to drive quite a long way and there wasn’t much on the way - the petrol stations knew all about it we found one charging 1.87 a litre - the dearest in WA. It was 1600K back to perth down the road kill highway( the way all the road trains heading north and south go). The only stop on the way was Karrinjni National park which was meant to be amazing and it didnt disappoint. It was just GORGEous as Garrett said as it was full of gorges. there was some lovely gorges where you could walk down into the gorge and swim in the small pools that were still there. the pictures don’t do it justice.

We were leaving on a high ready for the long drive back to Perth when Garrett jinxed it by saying the previous day that he couldn’t believe that we had no major problems with the car. The car must have heard him cause it decide to take a break on the road out of the national park. Dont ask - getting a lift from near the middle of nowhere is hard, all ill say is 480 for a car taxi to a garage where Garret told them how to fix the car. We weren’t in the mood for anymore sightseeing after that fiasco so we went back as quick as we could to Perth where there were happy faces of people we knew and there was crack to be had.

Wahoo - That was Western Australia covered and when we’re finished in perth we are off to Ayers Rock for a tour.