We woke to a windy day, as predicted, so we donned our jackets and went for a long walk around the headlands of Coral Bay to Snapper Headland that took us past the brand new Coral Bay Jetty. The walk was mostly through sand but not enough to get in our shoes as it was a well worn path. There were some rocky outcrops but they were easy enough to navigate. Although it was windy the day was magnificent. There were many boats bobbing about in the water and I love the differing blues of the ocean leading out to where the waves are breaking over the outer reef. Coral Bay is such a beautiful place.
On our return walk we went via the village to pick up a few grocery items at the local supermarket. It is a very well stocked shop and we were quite surprised at how cheap everything was, including the fruit and vegetable. We think that most of the fresh fruit and vegetable is coming out of Carnarvon that produces eighty percent of Western Australia's produce. I can't wait to get there and explore the area.
We didn't get back to our camp until almost ten o'clock so we had a light breakfast and after we cleaned up we got in the car to check out our next stop - Bruboodjoo Campsite, that is around twenty kilometres from Coral Bay. As I mentioned in an earlier post we couldn't get accomodation for the 2nd July as that is the first day of the school holidays here in Western Australia, so we have to find somewhere to free camp.
The drive into Bruboodjoo is a sandy track and only just the width of a single vehicle. If you met another vehicle coming towards you.......well.....I don't know what you would do. Admittedly, there are a couple of places where you might pull over but you would have to be lucky to be in the right spot at the right time. We continued the nine kilometre journey into the campsite and when we drove over the last sand dune and looked down on the campsite we were totally gobsmacked. There were dozens and dozens of caravans parked from one end of the campsite to the other! I totally forgot to get a photo but the camping area is large and sits on a headland overlooking the ocean. It really is quite lovely but the wind was blowing strongly and we could see the annexes really struggling to cope in the wind. By unanimous decision we decided that this was not the place for us. Ummmm. What is our other option? We are going to have to wing it at Exmouth. There is a Council run "overflow" at Exmouth so maybe we will fit in there. We will have to wait and see.
By the time we got back to Coral Bay after our drive, it was almost two o'clock so for lunch I whipped up a very quick Puttenesca Pasta. For a very fast meal it was actually very tasty. Spicy, but not too spicy.
Sunset yesterday was a fail. Neither of us had the energy to walk the distance to watch the sunset, let alone go for sundowners at the local pub. As our days here at Coral Bay are drawing to a close it had to be now or never for sunset so we packed our esky, grabbed our chairs, donned jackets and headed to the beach. Once we had found the perfect spot we poured ourselves a drink and waited for the sun to go down. I was lucky, from a photographers point of view, that just in front of us there were some kids practicing to skim across the water on their skim boards. It was fun to watch them as the sun slowly set in the west.
Tomorrow should be a much nicer day weather wise so we are going to spend it snorkelling and soaking up the sun. Sadly, it is also our last day at Coral Bay so we will find a nice place to have a seafood banquet that I see advertised at one of the local restaurants.
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