Day 53 Thursday 4th August

Day 53 Thursday 4th August

The group decided we would all head north of Coral Bay in our vehicles along a 4 wheel drive track. There were 4 vehicles in our convoy. The track followed the coastline a few hundred metres back from the shoreline, through large sandhills. (We had all taken air out of the tyres to deal with the sand and road conditions.) Our first stop was a beautiful natural pool, created by  rocks called the Lagoon. The water was a crystal clear blue and very inviting so we all had a dip. I put on my flippers, goggles and snorkel to look around. I saw a few decent sized fish but because this was a rock based reef not coral there were not the interesting corals and coloured fish. After this enjoyable stop we travelled to Oyster Bridge, another attractive spot on the beach. We had a delicious morning tea here and then headed further north to a beach where we were going to fish. Heather, Hannah and Julie went for a short walk along the beach, while I decided to snorkel  and Lyn and the boys fished. Paul quickly caught a good sized golden trevally but unfortunately after this things were very quiet and the fishers weren't even loosing their bait. After an hour or so the fishing was finished and we sat on the beautiful beach and had our lunch. Later, we headed back to Coral Bay and Lyn, Jules and myself headed back to the beach to snorkel, once again marveling at the incredible varieties of coral and brightly colored fish. As it was to be Julie’s last night in Coral Bay, we had booked into the pub for a meal. We had a group of 12, including new friends from the Caravan Park. An enjoyable experience was had by all.