More desert once we passed Carnarvon, did spot farm paddocks with hundreds of termite mounds just before we turned off to Coral Bay. Arrived in Coral Bay with plenty of time to relax. Did an afternoon snorkel tour with Coastal Adventure Tours ... 2 hour snorkel and cruise on a glass bottom boat. This included a pass over a coral bombie known as Ayres rock. This is on the inner reef and is about 2,000-3,000 years old. Pretty impressive. First snorkel site ...

Denham - Carnarvon Accommodation: BIG 4 Plantation Holiday Park Did the fruit loop along the North and South roads either side of the Gascoyne River. Despite the write ups in the tourism brochures, it was disappointing. Only found one road side stall selling fruit and vegetables. Visited One Mile Jetty Sunsets Cafe for lunch - nice feed and really generous meal sizes. Went to Pipers Point Seafood and picked up dinner - tiger prawns, caught in the afternoon ...

Monkey Mia this morning - dolphins have been on the bucket list for about 2 decades. Park the camper, walk over to the beach and b***** me 8 dolphins including 3 calves are no more than 6 feet off the beach. Better yet, at one only we were the only 2 on the beach! We walked 2.5 km of the Wulyibidi Yaninyina Walk that went straight up through the desert dunes before rejoining the beach. At one point we were sharing the walking track with wild emus. Had lunch at ...

Kalbarri - Denham (Shark Bay), 385 km Accommodation: Denham Seaside Caravan Park, $106 2 nights, powered, ensuite site, 2 people Out of Kalbarri early, 385 km of not much in the way of scenery and some very long straight stretches of road. Breakfast at The Billabong Roadhouse - feed was good. Diesel was cheaper here than the Shell Roadhouse next door. Next stop Hamelin Pool to check out the stromatolites. One of two places in the world where living marine s...

Kalbarri In leui of our cancelled canoe safari (Murchison River flooded) we opted to tackle some of the gorge walks in Kalbarri National Park. Into Kalbarri National Park again to Nature's Window. This entry into the park is manned, yet the other side of Kalbarri at Island Rock, etc was not. We pre-purchased a national park permit. Well maintained and spacious parking and picnic facilities at the carpark on the bluff above Nature's Window, doesn't offer much...