Coral to Coffee Pots

Hello all

the weather is still crap, that is WA crap not Victorian crap (the difference being about 15c)

It rained most of last night and spotty rain some of today but still warm and humid.

I did the coral cruise before leaving Coral Bay this morning, the boat was good, you sit down in the hull and look out the sides through glass. The water was crystal clear although a bit of sunlight would have helped the colours in the pictures a bit

Nemo and friends

nemo and coral

coral no Nemo

Sub Sea Explorer - the boat i went on

This place is amazing, the coral starts where the boat is moored, and the water is so clear, you can stand in calf deep water and manta rays will swim right up to you

snorkelling start where the boat is moored

outer reef

There was some pretty big waves on the outer reef, the boat in the picture is a 25footer. The outer reef is less than a kilometre offshore.
On the way to Carnarvon I snapped this picture of the everlasting wildflowers, there has been very few wildflowers so far, and this is supposed to be the time of the year.

everlastings

Now for the Coffee Pot Train. Carnarvon Jetty is 1 mile in the old terms long and the longest in WA, when I was here 20 years ago it was barricaded off and condemned. The local heritage people have restored it and run a little train out to the end. It still needs a lot of work though it's pretty rickety.

Carnarvon Jetty

Nice straight tracks

Coffee Pot Train

check out some of the pylons !!!!

Tomorrow it is off to Kalbarri and the Murchison Gorge, damn it just started raining again, reminds me of Victoria although at 7.15pm it is still 17.5c, nah maybe it doesn't remind me of Melbourne after all.