Today we drove around the Exmouth peninsula to explore the Ningaloo Reef region properly. As we rounded the tip we could see the13 tall radio towers of the Harold Holt Naval Communication Station, which provides very low frequency (VLF) communication to the US Navy and the Royal Australian Navy ships and submarines in the region. Built in a hexagonal design, this station is the most powerful transmission station in the Southern Hemisphere. We had read that one o...

Woke up this morning to find quite a few back packers had also pulled into the rest stop during the night. We drank a coffee but decided to stop for breakfast on the way. The journey today would only take about 2.5 hours to reach Exmouth. Our campsite last night was only a few meters from the turn off to the Exmouth Peninsula, and we began to realise how isolated this area is - it's a long way from main towns Carnarvon in the south and Karratha in the north. Thi...

Left our beachside campsite this morning in perfect wind still conditions, heading towards Exmouth, some 500km south. We spent the day driving, checking out the mostly flat, red Pilbara plains with some undulating hills for interest. We came across some stray cows by the roadside, with a couple of youngsters playfully fighting each other. To pass time we continued our audio book as we made our way south. We thought to stop for the night at a large well popula...

Woke up this morning to gorgeous sunny and relatively wind still weather, so decided to stay another night so we can enjoy the sun and beach location. We really didn't do much today other than read, play games and enjoy the vista. Mid afternoon I put lamb shanks and veg on to slow roast in the weber. We had a few fellow campers tell us they could smell our dinner and Cadbury certainly seemed unsettled as he didn't want to move too far away from the delicious ar...

Today we stayed put here at 40 Mile Beach and did our best to do nothing much at all. The day turned out even windier than yesterday and very cloudy - but good for taking photos. The wind was howling around our caravan, so we had to make sure the awning was tied down firmly with extra anti flappers clipped on the sides. We discovered that a lot of wind was coming from underneath so Gadi blocked the wind with a heavy shade cloth, which made a big difference. We i...