Day 53 10/08/2013 Exmouth to Cape Range NP (Ningaloo Reef).The town of Exmouth is located on the eastern side of the rugged North West Cape in WA. It is a relatively new town, only established in 1967, as a support town for the US Naval Communications Station. It is now the main tourist town for visitors to the Cape Range NP and the beautiful Ningaloo Reef. The Exmouth Gulf is the body of water on the eastern side of the Cape and the Indian Ocean is on the wester...

Day 52 09/08/2013 Tom Price to Exmouth, on the Coral Coast.It was a very mild night and very quiet until we heard a mining train go through at around 2.30 am! We did not rush this morning and by the time we had packed up and re-fuelled it was 9am before we left town. We were intending to stop en route to Exmouth at Emu Creek Station, but we were travelling so well that it soon became clear that we would easily make Exmouth before dark. Shortly after we left Tom P...

Day 51 08/08/2013 Karijini NP to Tom Price The mining town of Tom Price was named after an American man called Thomas Moore Price who was instrumental in convincing mining companies and the government that it was worth mining here. In recognition of his efforts in establishing a thriving mining industry here, the town was named after him. The Tom Price mine is one of the biggest in the world. Mt Nameless is 3km out of town.....in fact very close to the caravan p...

Day 50 07/08/2013 Karijini NP.It was a cold night.....although we were snug in our bed. However getting up this morning was another story! We couldn't face cereal with cold milk and yoghurt, so decided to make toast instead! Once the sun had really come up, the temperature rapidly rose, although having a campsite with morning shade is not ideal when the mornings are very cold! After making our lunch and packing the backpack with 'stuff' for every possible scenari...

Day 49 06/08/2013 Karijini NP.It was the coldest night we have had for a while.....we were awake early but then snuggled under the doona and went back to sleep. It was after 7am when we woke again! We had a cooked breakfast and didn't leave camp until 9.45am....aren't we the lazy ones???? We, or should I say I, drove 45 minutes to the Weano Recreation Area where there are several gorge walks and a couple of swimming holes. Nowhere in the literature we have does i...