DAY 28 – WE’VE ARRIVED - EXMOUTH

Sorry but I have very little to report. Today was quite bland. We woke up, listened to the dawn service being conducted next to our camp site, had breakfast, went for a snorkel, drove north for an hour and a half to Exmouth, and had another snorkel.

This afternoon’s snorkel at Lakeside was quite different to the conditions at Coral Bay this morning in that the coral was more like what we are used to and the fish life was prolific. We saw what I think is the biggest groper I have ever seen but Trish says that she has seen bigger!

The most important thing that happened today is that we confirmed our booking for the whale shark tour tomorrow. There have been plenty of them around so hopefully they will be there tomorrow. Our fingers are crossed.

We are in a very smart caravan park but, because it is school holidays, it is near enough to full but, where we snorkelled this afternoon, there were five people in the water including us so, where it counts, there’s virtually nobody around.

Even though Exmouth is virtually on the water, it is otherwise surrounded by the red desert. The other surprising thing is the amazing lack of bugs. It was 30 degrees today and, at 6:30 pm is still about 25 degrees but there are no bugs being attracted to our lights or otherwise irritating us.

We plan on staying here a few days before we embark on the long trek home.