We’re now in Exmouth on the Western Cape. It’s a great place from which to access the Cape Range National Park and Ningaloo Marine Park. The Ningaloo Reef is 260 kilometres long, it is Australia’s longest fringing reef and is the closest reef to land in the world (in some places it is only 500 metres from the shore). The big ticket activities here are swimming with Whale Sharks (highly recommended – we’ve done this a few times before), swimming with Manta Rays, and whale watching. But even without those, the Cape Range and Ningaloo are pretty special. There’s just so much wildlife in and out of the water.
Last night was very windy. The wind gusts rocked the trailer quite a bit – I was awakened a few times. Apparently we’re on the edge of a large High pressure system that is dumping rain further north (where we’re heading in a week).
We spent the morning in the “classroom” with Ems and Ollie. They both spent time writing their journals and updating their Blogs. Then it was Maths for Ollie and violin for Emily.
After lunch we drove to Jurabi Turtle Centre at one of the beaches where turtles nest each year. Although it’s not the nesting season the children found some old nests (some with old eggshells in them) and we did see a couple of turtles watching us from the sea. The Turtle Centre is simple but informative and it was nice to see the children take such a keen interest.