Coral Bay.........Adventures

A funny thing happened the other day as there were flyers put up around the town announcing that at 5pm at the fish filleting tables "Andrew"one of the contestants from the recent series of "My Kitchen Rules" was going to be there to give a demonstration on how to fillet fish,so half the town turns up only to find out that it was only a joke that his friends were playing on him.He was just in town holidaying and his friends thought they would set him up.The poor guy was really embarrassed so he stayed for awhile having his photo taken and signing autographs.
Judging by the amount of people that turned up it may have given him some ideas for the future...
Had a great day on Friday as Yvonne,Hugh,Georgie,Ross and i all went for a drive further up the coast to check out Ningaloo station.There are a lot of free camps there so we thought we would go for a drive and have a look.
The station itself wasn't much as the homestead was just a broken down old house with an old caravan they used for an office and was where you check in as you need keys to open the gates for access to the camping spots.
So after paying our $5 per head fee and getting the keys we set off in search of the camps.There was heaps of wildlife around the place,we saw goats,sheep,Eagles and a Goanna.
The camp spots were all along the waters edge and most needed a four wheel drive to access so i don't expect to come back in the bus and they weren't that great.
We stopped for lunch in one of the camp spots and then eventually headed back to Coral Bay via a Four wheel drive track which was a bit of and adventure.
This Friday where off to Exmouth for the day and are going to drive around the national park area which is meant to be amazing.
Its also a good opportunity for me to see that area as you can't take dogs in there so i wouldn't have been able to go otherwise.

Most days are spent either at the beach or the pool and we finish off the day with happy hour every night at 5.30pm and yesterday because it was Mothers Day we had an afternoon tea party where we all took something.My contribution was Latte's from my u beaut coffee machine and Frangelico, we had several different types of cakes, sandwiches and sausage rolls,all very civilised for these parts...........Just as well i have my bike set up on the wind trainer.............
This morning Yvonne and i went for a walk along the beach to the Marina and back and then we went for a swim.While we were swimming all of a sudden near by i saw a fin sticking out of the water and quickly alerted Yvonne and as we were backing away we realised it was only Dolphins which was a relief.
They are so great to watch just frolicking in the water.

The photos above are of Coral Bay taken from the look out.

Coral Bay.........Jewel of the West.......

Coral Bay is beautiful and the water is the most amazing Aqua colour and crystal clear.
The only thing in the town is two caravan parks, a couple of shops a Hotel and hundreds of people.
Its really tiny and everyone walks everywhere as everything is so close.
When i checked in to Stalag 17 or thats what I'm calling my caravan park as there are so many rules, I arrived at 10am in the morning and they wouldn't let me on to my site even though it was free until 11am as that is the designated check in time so i had to sit across the road and wait....Not happy.
Any way things improved after that as the friends i made in Busselton arrived so we caught up that night which was great to see them and to also have company.
We have happy hour every night and we choose a different location each day just because we can.
Last night was the Hotel and tonight is the beach.
Its a hard life as the days are spent either at the beach or by the pool or both. The weather is fantastic and hovering around 30 degrees.
Every afternoon down at the beach they have fish feeding where these huge fish gather and swim around your legs looking for the food.They aren't scared of humans at all as there is no fishing allowed in the immediate area and so they grow huge and get used to people swimming with them.
I will get some photos and post them in a later blog.
Because I'm here for Two weeks i have set up my full annex and put my bike on the wind trainer and every night after dark i get out there and peddle away....Have to look good in the swimmers.....

                                                            Coral Bay at low tide

                                                    Main and only street in Coral Bay

Quobba........Blow holes

Getting to Quobba once again felt like driving on the Nullabor.
There is just nothing up this way outside of the major towns except roadhouses.
Its quite amazing really as you can see for miles in every direction.
I managed to miss a herd of goats that were crossing the road up ahead but just as i got there another half dozen came running out of the bush in front of the bus so there was a bit of heavy breaking required to save the day.
When i arrived at Quobba it was jammed packed as it is a cheap camp $5 so very popular.I managed to find a place to park up and then headed to the beach which was fantastic,The water was a beautiful Green colour and very clear.
Quobba is famous for its blow holes but i thought they were a bit ho hum....
I spent a couple of days here as it was so nice.When i left i had the intention of going to quobba station for a couple of nights which was further up the road along a 8km dirt track but decided to give it a miss as it looked like rain and the road is unpassable when its wet so thought i may get stuck there and as i was booked in at Coral Bay in two days time i thought it best to keep going.
I ended up stopping for the night at a free camp south of Coral bay and in the middle of nowhere.
I won't stay in any of the free camps on my own so i was pleased to see there were already a couple of others there when i arrived and by night time there were about Ten of us so i felt very safe.
It was a beautiful night and everyone was sitting outside there was an amazing sunset which was bright red but i couldn't take any photos because my cameras batteries ran out.
There were some French backpackers staying there and they had a kite so kept us all entertained watching them fly it.
I am also surprised by how many International backpackers there are in these parts which is fantastic.
I have come across French, German ,Dutch and Swiss. Good for our tourist trade and economy.

                                                              Quobba

                                                                    Another Killer

                                                                     Lucky Goats

                                                                And another killer

                                                                Road to Quobba

                                               Rear window at the free camp near Coral Bay