Had the outboard serviced and identified the problem with our radio today. Took Amanda out to Learmonth Airport for her trip home. She shouted us a cooked breakfast at the See Salt Cafe on our way through town. Amanda flew to Perth and then on to Adelaide after spending 4 or 5 hours in the Qantas Lounge courtesy of some people she met on the plane. Carol and I called into the Learmonth jetty on the way back. Amazing jetty for bait fish. Millions of them circli...

Today we ventured out to the Murion Islands, two Islands about 22km north of the nearest boat ramp just out of Exmouth. With the weather forecast as good as it gets Ilia, Cathy, Amanda, Carol and I headed out past the naval jetty which is considered one of the top 10 dive sites in the world and headed north. After about half an hour of planing we arrived at the southern tip of South Murion. I have never seen "fishier" looking water. Birds diving as far as you cou...

The team decided on a day without boats today, so after organising the goggles and snorkels we headed south to the Cape Range National Park. We checked out the Milyering Visitors Centre on the way in and saw an interesting "model" of the Ningaloo Reef and surrounding land and sea scape. We certainly are close to the continental shelf. First stop was Turquoise Bay where you drift with the tide parallel to the beach. There were 2 different drift areas and one pro...

Diving with whale sharks day. Stories in the park about private boat owners finding whale sharks and diving in with them. Sounds like its worth a try and at nearly $400 per person to do it with the pros we figured there's nothing to lose. Quick trip into Tackleworld to buy a Dive Flag and we were off. Pete's boat had mechanical problems at the ramp so we ventured out towards the big Whale Shark boats on our own. Seemed simple enough. Let the pros with their spot...

The day started with another trip to Tackleworld to buy a replica of the lure that has now caught all 3 Marlin. Not cheap at $100 but if it catches Pete his Marlin it will be worth every cent. With 3 days straight out on the water the Hannans and Osbornes decided to have a rest day. They all ventured off into town so I decided to join Pete's family in his boat. Armed with the original Marlin Killer and it's twin brother expectations were high. No action for the...