We left the Pilbarra for the amazing Coral Coast, particularly Exmouth, Coral Bay and Ningaloo Reef. Ningaloo is a fringe reef, which means the coral reef starts hard against the shore at low tide mark. The outer edge of the reef is marked by the white waves, breakers, not very far out to sea.
The reef area is a World Heritage Site. We went out on a boat with underwater windows.
The coral is not as colourful as the Great Barrier Reef, and it is hard to catch its beauty.
The reef is not threatened because the land is very dry and there is only one creek producing runoff into the ocean.
There were lots of very large and tiny fish.
We also rented some gear and went snorkelling.
A kind volunteer loaned Lee a small board with a window in it.
This might be Lee snorkelling just off the rocks.
There were lots of beaches all along the coast, many with small campsites. Here is one beach in the National Park.
We also spotted lots of beautiful birds, including this blue Wren
and this Australasian Bustard, just like the one that had its photo in the Hay paper 2 weeks ago.
The journey is nearly finished and I am still behind in these blogs. Maybe I can also post the next one today, from Exmouth to Kalbarri.
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