It was a beautiful morning and perfect for snorkelling so we left the campground early and went to Turquoise Bay to do “the drift”. Turquoise Bay has a large reef with current passing along the reef you can snorkel and drift along looking at the reef below. The current becomes stronger at the middle of the bay as it sucks out to the open ocean through a break in the reef. Due to the strong current you have to exit the water at a certain point to avoid being swept out to sea.

Turquoise Bay is aptly named… a gorgeous sandy bay with turquoise blue water.

We arrived and there was only one other couple there so it was great….we jumped inthe water and snorkelled for the next 3 hours.

The reef was exquisite with many different varieties of coral formations, myriads of fish, reef sharks, manta rays….the list goes on. Such a beautiful and special place Ningaloo Reef.

A quick stop to look in the visitor centre and South T-bone beach one of the many beaches along the Ningaloo Coast. The outer reef stretches the entire length of the coastline and the surf can be seen breaking on it.

We went back to camp for lunch then while Kerry, Dave and Rose had a rest Trev,  Gordon and I went for a snorkel at our camp beach. The wind and swell had picked up a bit so visibility was not as good but we did see a turtle feeding on the seagrass and a ray.

At 4o’clock we drove down to Yardie Creek Gorge to do the gorge walk. It was a perfect time to do the walk after the heat of the day and surprisingly there were no flies!! The gorge was beautiful and is the only permanent water source in Cape Range National Park.

    

The sun was going down as we walked to Yardie Beach and had a look . Gordie spoke to an old mate who was fishing there at the river mouth as there was some surf out the back. The fisherman had seen numerous large bull and tiger sharks in the area….so surfing was out of the question.

On the way back as it was dusk the wildlife was everywhere…numerous small kangaroos and wallabies,  and even an echidna trying to cross the road.