The driving day from Carnarvon to Exmouth was pretty long, and we did not do much that day, only went to take a swim in Coral Bay (where we noticed giant fishies right next to the shore) on our way. When we arrived to Exmouth there were many emu warning signs on the roads, and even when we arrived to our camping spot an emu just walked casually by.

The next day we headed to Cape Range National park and Ningaloo Marine park. We had our snorkeling gear rented so first we went to so-called Turquoise Bay. (you can already imagine how it looked like). It had two snorkelling spots, one calmer bay and one part where the drift took you along the shore. The corals started right after entering the water from the beach. They were not as big as those close to Lady Musgrave but we saw more marine life here. No turtles this time but a number of different colourful fish. 

The water was cool and the air felt freezing after swimming since there was a very strong wind. So we decided to continue by taking a walk along Yardie Creek Gorge. It was a short hike but nice. 

After the walk we got hungry and decided to take our trangia and cook some lunch. We found a nice table in front of the ocean to find out it was already taken by a bunch of parrots, sitting in pairs in the wind. The wind was so hard that our soup remained cold but the flame made a hole in the side of the trangia. After that we moved to safer positions on the beach.

After eating we headed to a another trail that followed the surface of a dried river, which was pretty hard but interesting to walk on. Then the trail went up on top of the gorge.

The next day we drove back to Coral Bay. On the way there we did a little detour at Charles Knife canyon. The impressive thing about it was that it just rose out of nowhere. Everywhere you looked it was flat and then just driving 10 minutes there was this big canyon. 

In Coral Bay we rented some snorkeling equipment and headed to so-called five-finger reef. We had to go there on foot since we did not have a 4WD. We thought it was ok since it was a 45-minute walk. Soon enough we discovered why 4WD was necessary – the whole trail was covered with soft sand so it was really difficult to walk on it. Also we lost our way at some point so we ended up walking twice the distance. We are not sure if we found the right snorkeling spot in the end, but the spot we found was still beautiful. We had the beach almost completely to ourselves and the place was full of sealife. We saw a party of fish, one small ray and a squid. Also found some nice coral.