Day 20 - Exmouth Day trip

On Thursday we took a day trip up to Exmouth. Exmouth is about 160km north of Coral Bay. By the time we got home at 6pm we had done over 400km. That's some day trip.

Around Coral Bay there are a lot (hundreds) of termite mounds. They range in sizes. The ones in the picture are about 1.5 metres high. These are small compared with those in the very north that get over 2 metres tall.

Exmouth and surrounding areas are very nice. The town is packed at this time of the year with lots of caravanners and others taking advantage of the sun. The seas around Exmouth are very pretty with lots of beautiful coastline. The picture below is from Vlamingh Head lighthouse of the caravan park, coastline and in the background is the Harold E Holt Communication Centre. Vlamingh Head is about 20 kms or so north of Exmouth.

The area to the west of Exmouth contains the Cape Range National Park. This area is the north part of the Ningaloo Reef which starts south of Coral Bay where we are staying. There are heaps of lovely sandy beaches and although we didn’t do any, heaps of great snorkelling and fishing areas. There are many camp sites within the park although at this time of the year it is very busy. The pictures below are of Neds Camp and Turquoise Bay. They are absolutely beautiful.

We had hoped to get down to Yardie Creek station and Mandu as both these have lovely gorges with short walks. Unfortunately it took us until 4pm to get to Turquoise Bay and we had a 2 hour drive back to Coral Bay. We will have to come back again and spend a few days or a week up here as there is quite a bit to have a look at.