Welcome back to our WebPages, we have set up a semi-permanent camp overlooking Ningaloo Reef.

I found some pictures of Cathada Pool on Doorawarrah Station where we camped on the way to Carnarvon and Rocky Pool just out of Carnarvon, which we visited. They missed last months WebPages.

Cathada Pool on Gascoyne River

Rocky Pool on Gascoyne River

Life has settled down to sand, sun and fishing. Hopefully, when the sun comes out instead of hiding behind the clouds, I can do some snorkelling as well.

We have met up with friends here at Ningaloo and have been enjoying ourselves. We have managed to do a bit of fishing with Nor-west snapper the main catch, which are very nice to eat. Squid are in abundance and we have been pickling a few jars worth. This is a great place to put your feet up and relax.

Spangled Emperor and Robinson Bream

Had a bit of spare time so I made a dunny out of coke cans. Complete with flushing loo, a cobweb, bucket and toilet paper. It stands about 400mm high.

We had a trip outside the reef fishing in about 50 feet of water. A whooshing sound alerted us to a couple of whales bearing down on us so we started the motor quickly and moved out of their path. We watched them from about 50 feet as these giants of the sea swam past. No sooner had we gone back to our fishing spot than more came along causing Sandy a lot of distress. She didn't like whales the size of a locomotive swimming straight at her? About 10 passed us in half an hour and we decided to go to safer, shallower waters for fishing that day. Sandy says she could have almost patted them as they went past because they were so close.

We have had a lot of rain this year and everything is green and flowering. This is supposed to be the wettest July for 5 years up here. One day we had 138mm, a couple of 4WD's were bogged in a mud hole south of here on the track to Ningaloo Station and had to be left overnight until they could be recovered. Another camp had 2 creeks on either side of them, which are normally dry, these filled up quickly to over 6 feet in depth threatening to wash them away. They were stuck with water on 2 sides from the creeks and the third side was the ocean. If I was them I would be very worried with nowhere to go.

That's all for now, should be much the same next month so see you then.

Getting tanned

Peter and Sandy