Exmouth

We had a long journey today to reach our next stop at the most northerly location on this trip. We got up early and had decided to leave before breakfast. Before we set off K went to reception to check messages, only to find a message from Kirsty along with a photo of our new grandchild- both K and baby still in the birthing pool. "We have news" read the message, but no mention of sex of baby or how it had all gone. We knew we would have to wait until we reached the next site, as it was now midnight in UK.
The journey went very smoothly, and the kilometres sped by. We stopped for breakfast at a rest spot. The roads were extremely quiet, and we drove for long stretches without seeing a soul. The first 100 miles saw us pass 19 cars passing in the opposite direction and 4 in the direction in which we were travelling. The landscape remained pretty constant - brush and scrub for much of the way. As we drove further north there appeared hundreds and hundreds of termite mounds, stretching as far as the eye could see. After 680km we reached our new site in the small town of Exmouth. The first thing we did was contact Kirsty and Matt. We enjoyed a video call with them and met our new grandson, Jasper. All had gone well and mum and baby were fit and well. Happy times.
We set up on our pitch and then went into town to buy champagne to welcome our 8th grandchild. We found a bar selling real ales brewed on the premises. Alan could not resist, so in we went. The Friday night market was just opening up and the bar/brewery (called Floss) was playing some banging music across the market place. There was a DJ on the roof running through his play list - Alan loved it - the drum and bass -Voulez Vous quite brilliant. DJ Flo-tation was the man responsible. The bar served some good beers and the XPA was fine, K enjoyed a glass of Margaret River SB - beautiful. We enjoyed our meal and fizz that night, knowing that all was well in Chepstow.
We spent 4 nights, 3 days at the Ningaloo campsite. Each day we drove out to visit the N Reef - just amazing. The first day we snorkelled from Turquoise Beach. As the name suggests the waters were blue and crystal clear. We were able to snorkel from the shore, getting in at one end of the beach and drifting with the current to the other end. Out of the sea and back in again to do it all over again. And again!! There were so many fish to be seen, all colours and sizes. We just loved it!!! The following 2 days we snorkelled from the Oyster stacks. Again wonderful seas with so much to observe. At times it felt like being inside an aquarium, with fish everywhere we looked. Magical!! The drive to and from the snorkelling spots was about 70km each direction, so as we returned each evening to our campsite we felt weary.
On our way to the beach one day we diverted to do the Mundy Mundy walk through a gorge and up to the high ground. A beautiful walk with some steep uphill climbs at times - which meant of course that we had to climb back down too to reach the car park. At times a little scary with the heights involved.
The evening shower each day was bliss, after being under water for so long, walking through gorged and sunbathing in between. We had so much looked forward to this part of our trip, and were not disappointed. An absolute treat.Baca lagi