Beach Time

  This is probably going to be the best part of the trip - a week camped at Yardie Homestead alongside the Ningaloo Reef.  The beaches are stunning and the weather perfect.

  A fair bit of time was spent snorkeling at Turquoise Bay and Lakeside Beach.  I had lots of fun with my little underwater camera.

  We also had an outing to Yardie Creek where we used our recovery gear to get a bogged car out of the middle of the creek and another out of deep sand.  Then Willie and I enjoyed a walk up the creek gorge.

Walking up along Yardie Creek gorge

More of the gorge

Black flanked wallabies inhabit the gorge area

Meanwhile, back at the creek crossing - two bogged vehicles we extracted with sand tracks


















These fish swim around your legs while standing a few metres from the beach


 
 
A happy snorkeler

 


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  1. Willie19 August 2021 at 00:38

    Underwater photos look great - realistic! Willie

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  2. Catherine23 August 2021 at 19:47

    Fabulous photos David, as always!! So happy for you!! Glad you escaped before Victoria's lockdown!!

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  3. Unknown2 September 2021 at 01:32

    hi my name is sam

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