Day 59 Wednesday 10th August

Day 59 Wednesday 10th August

We were all up early today ready for the drive to Exmouth and beyond. From Coral Bay to Exmouth is 155km and after exploring Exmouth we intended to travel into the Cape Range National Park to Turquoise Bay a further 65 kms. We arrived in Exmouth around 10am and checked out the enormous marina that is being built here. There were many new houses being built on the marina each having their own mooring for a boat. We also saw many large commercial fishing boats too. The town had certainly grown since our last visit here. After a quick stop at Mrs Mac's (a secondhand shop that raises money for the Flying Doctors) we stopped for cofees at the shopping centre. We then drove up to the cape and down past the Valmingh Head lighthouse towards the our first stop at the Oyster Stacks. Friends of Hannah's and Ray's had told us that this was a great place to snorkel and they were not wrong. It was a bit rocky to get in but once in we were rewarded with crystal clear water full of beautiful coral and varieties of fish a few metres off shore. It was just stunning. From here we drove back to the now famous Turquoise Bay. There were quite a few people here enjoying the  white coral sands and the turquoise water. We sat on the beach, ate our lunch and later did more snorkeling here. After this we headed back to the Lighthouse lookout where we had magnificent views of the coastline. Back to Exmouth we headed to do a little shopping, mainly restocking the groceries. We arrived back at Coral Bay around 5.30pm after a fantastic day.