Leaving Ningaloo Station

After 12 nights at Ningaloo it was time to leave. This was really sad, but the wind had got to us and the forecast for the next 2 days was for even more wind. Of the 12 days there, we had 4 perfect days one which was our last day and a fitting departure, the first day there which was a bottler. In-between we had OK wind for another 5 days, and too windy for 3 days.

Just after we left Ningaloo we heard there was a strong wind warning for the next two days, so we've glad we just missed that weather event!

Jayne caught the only fish of our stay, but it was only tiny. But nobody was catching any, so it wasn't just us.

Our days were spent snorkelling, taking long walks up and down the endless beaches and playing soccer with Bailey. 

This is truly an amazing place, and if we didn't like Broome and the Dampier Peninsular as much as what we do, it would be our favourite place. Next time we come it will be in April as the winds are less then. Even with the wind, it's a great place.

This is out at the reef, we're just on the inside of it here and the waves are crashing onto it on the outside. Quite amazing to watch.

We used their bore to get fresh water for showering and washing. It was actually very fresh and others were drinking it without issues.

Yes we had to get more water, our 550 litres didn't last too long when you have two showers a day due to the sand and salt.

We went to the deserted Norwegian Whaling Station. They killed 5,000 in 3 years off Ningaloo and then the Aussies killed about 3,000 in the next 3 years. It's a wonder there are any left in our oceans!

Our camp site on the sand. At sunset we watched whales breaching just on the outside of the reef. We could sit at our van and clearly see then. We even saw Marlin skipping across the water.

Bailey the 'Wunda Dog'.

Bailey swimming.

Shower time. Even dogs have to be clean.

From Ningaloo we headed to Carnarvon, a smallish town with the necessary shops and amazing blowholes.

Carnarvon Blowholes.

It doesn't matter which direction we take from Ningaloo we're headed home as this is as close theequinox of this trip as I can calculate. So we are officially 'on our way home' now. But home is still easily over 5,500kms away no matter which way we go. Mind you, we have done over 11,000 kms to get here, we will take a more direct route home!

We're allowing just under a month to get home around 2nd or 3rd November, we think. Do we have to go home? I guess so?

Tomorrow we're off to Mt Augustus and we won't have mobile service for about a week from here. Mt Augustus is the largest rock in the world, larger than Ayers Rock except most of it is underground.