North from Coral Bay, on the western side of Cape Range are a series of campgrounds. They have no running water, most don’t have facilities at all, but they are along an amazing coast. It’s really a continuation of the Coral Bay environment. We’ll head here for the next four days.
But before leaving Coral Bay, there’s a shark nursery that fills up with baby sharks at certain times of day. Apparently we’re at the wrong time of day, because as beautiful as the bay is, there aren’t any sharks in sight! Never mind…
Driving back north, we stop into Exmouth to stock up on food and water. And to book a whale shark tour. Some friends recommended a particular tour group to us so we book with them in a couple of days’ time. But we are here out of the season and we have heard that were whale sharks about yesterday. So to double our chances, and feeling a little urgent, we book a second tour for tomorrow (!)
With Donna loaded for four days of supplies we set off around the peninsula. It take nearly two hours, driving north around the lighthouse and then back south through low lying windswept grasslands. We pass the visitor centre and then the boat ramp and various water-access roads. Eventually we reach our campground with just enough time to setup and walk up the dune behind us in time to watch the sunset with a glass of wine.
