We are now in the Gascoyne region on the Ningaloo Reef. This area comprises Exmouth - the gateway to the reef, Cape Range National Park - the north end of the reef, and Coral Bay - the south end of the reef. On our previous travels we went to Exmouth and were extremely unimpressed. It was a small town with a pub, a café, and not one but two IGAs (???) - and very little else. At the time, to get into Cape Range National Park to see the reef one had to drive 50 k...

Power Rangers Next stop on our itinerary was the Ningaloo Reef, a long stretch of coral reefs, in the Cape National Park, which is accessed through the town of Exmouth. The idea was to spend the night in a rest area not too far from town, so we could arrive at Exmouth at 9 am and book into a site in the national park. Well, things didn't go exactly according to plan. Firstly, the rest area we had planned on was 150 Kms from town, on the highway, at the turn off...