On a monday we left Max Royces farm to drive north for our holidays in Exmouth. The first night we spend sleeping (for the first time on the roofrack in my swag) on a 'camp place' somewhere along the long straight road to Exmouth. The tuesday evening we arrived at our destination: a simple and small (7 places) camp place called Lakeside in Exmouth, 50 metres from the sea. A beautiful spot! We didn't know on forehand for how long we wanted to stay on this location, but we enjoyed it more and more so at the end we spent more than a week there. People where coming and going but the 'two crows on the fence' (as the supervisor once called us when he saw us sitting on our chairs again) were still there. We met some nice people from Germany and spent our days relaxing in the nature and snorkling. This was a new experience. We saw many beautiful fishes in the coral and my own breathing together with the movements of the fishes made it a peaceful experience for me (although I continuously had a background fear for meeting a shark, which we actually did, but this was the friendly reefshark). We also swam next to a seaturtle. There were two other snorkling spots close to or beach. One of them, Turquoise Bay, had a strong current which made it possible to see the whole reef without you needing to swim. At the other one, Oyster Stacks, the water was very clear and filled with lots of fishes.
Around Exmouth there were also possibilities to walk. We did two of them. The Yardie Creek Gorge Walk we did together with some Germans we met on our camp place. I enjoyed the walk and especially the flowers. I made a lot of pictures of them. WA is a dry place, but there are some(times) flowers and this makes it easier to appreciate them I think.
In addition to the fishes I saw some other 'new' animals during my stay in Exmouth. Bunches of walibis (the small kangaroos) were standing alongside the road during sunset and they sometimes even jump to the other side. This is something we have to get used to while driving in this country. An other day we went to a watertap to refill or bottles and when we we went to our car again there were some emoes showing up, sipping from the spilled water on the ground. Big birds!
All together we had a good time here at the coast and after more than a week we left to Exmouth. Somebody had told Rolan about a didgeridooseller in Rouborne, but we couldn't trace this person. After one night at a road camp site and one at a wonderful camp site at the coast of Robourne we arrived in Exmouth on a saturday. I'm staying here in the house of Tanja, a positive lady who ownes Muffin Break. I've started working here last sunday and will tell you more about it later. But I can tell that my first impression is good. I have worked here now for almost a week and am thinking to work here some months (2 or 3) to earn some money. I like to get my driver license too.
All the best, Niels
