First stop was Osprey Bay, nice camping spot and beautiful little cove. You can camp at most of the beaches, but there is no facilities or even water so you have to take everything you will need, the beauty of this place is worth roughing it anytime.
OSPREY BAY
Next was a quick stop to the equally beautiful Sandy bay, If we had arrived 2 seconds earlier we would have set up camp for the day as there are two sun shelters but a car had arrived just before us and both shelters were occupied. There were also 3 kite surfers, great to watch but wouldn't have been very fun for us trying to snorkel so it was off to find the perfect spot.
Sandy Bay
We stoped at 6 or 7 beaches before deciding on Turquoise Bay, it certanly had the WOW factor for us, white white sand and crystal clear transparent water. The water was nice and cold and so refreshing, with the water being so clear we could clearly see schools of Trevally swimming next to us in knee deep water, it was amazing.
With all our snorkeling gear on it was off to explore some of the coral reefs, Tayden and Kahayla being seasoned snorkelers now found the swim out easy, Janaya was awesome, she was in her ring and just swam next to us or hitched a ride on my back when she felt like it, We hadn't swum far when we reached a big mass of coral so Sean and I took turns diving down with the kids for a look, and it was like being in a huge finding nemo fish tank, we even saw nemo and dory and most of their friends, so amazing in real life and so many fish to look at. We stayed out for a while then I took the girls back into shallow water while Tayden and Sean went exploring further out.
Sitting on the beach I was in Awe of the beauty of the place and felt really lucky to be here in such a remote part of the world. There were a handful of people here also so we didn't quite have it to ourselves. We stayed for a good part of the day, then it was time to head back to Exmouth.
We spotted these massive sand dunes on the way home, so we found a track and drove down to investigate. The kids and I had a race to the top, and when we got to the top it was like being in a sand desert, just sand for as far as the eye could see (in one direction anyways as the beach was just on the other side. So we had heaps of fun sliding down the hill and seeing how could come up with the best statagy to go even faster.
Next stop was an old ship wreck and this also being the top of the peninsula, then home for a bite to eat and to get ready for another night fish off the beach.
Truck all loaded as for the previous nights fishing it was off to our spot. The kids got stuck into constructing a massive sandcastle, and Sean and I tried our luck again with the fishing. This time we lost most of our gear to the reef, Sean spoted a school of fish and tried out his $8 lures only to loose them one at a time as soon as he cast out. It was a good thought though.
My Shark
Kids sand Castle with moat and coral
We moved a few meters up the beach and out of the reefs way. Once again I got the first one in yep a shark, I was beginning to think this was to be a repeat of the other night. Couple of sharks later Sean caught two small fish, really nice looking fish kind of like a snapper and an emperor of some sort, too small to keep so we kept trying for the mummys and daddys but no luck, We left empty handed again and most gear gone. But It was good
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