We thought it best to book a place to stay at Easter. Just as well, as everywhere in Exmouth was booked out. Our caravan park, The Lighthouse, was packed out. Even so, it amazes me how so many people can live peacefully together in such proximity. Our neighbours were most interesting..... from the 3 young girls who arrived with broken tent poles and couldn't pitch their tent, a family with 4 kids and a huge boat who shared the fish that they caught with us to the couple who found Coral Bay boring! The water from the taps and in the showers was bore water, brownish and salty though Chris managed to fill our own tanks with buckets of fresh water from the tank in the park. There was also no phone or internet coverage in the park except for the lighthouse hill behind us that had the most incredible views. This was where we had to go to have an Easter chat with all the family.
We decided that no matter how full the park was we were going to enjoy the beauty of Exmouth and the Cape Range National Park which we did to the full. Turquoise Bay must be one of the world's paradises!
We also went out for a day with a tour boat of 20 others to swim with the whale sharks. It was an amazing experience swimming next to these gentle, huge creatures who glide through the ocean at quite a speed - certainly faster than I could. Most times I was left behind while the fitter, younger, trimmer swimmers in our group could keep up. Chris managed pretty well too. He often got very close to the whale sharks which he loved. By the end of the day we were both exhausted. It's amazing to think that most of the habits of these creatures are completely unknown except that they visit Ningaloo Reef each year at coral spawning time.
We also had the best time snorkeling over various shaped coral gardens and seeing all sorts of coloured fish. How lucky is it to be able to put on snorkeling gear, step into the ocean and swim over all this underwater beauty. Thank goodness for marine sanctuaries.
