Day 40 - Warra to Ningaloo
Monday, 6 May 2013
Friday 3 May to Monday 6 May
Said our goodbyes leaving 14 mile beach at Warra, with a quick stop at Coral Bay, to top up with everything, not that Coral Bay has a lot of anything, apart from tourists!! A place you go to only if you have to.
Took the coast road (track, and in the usual condition :) through Cardabia Station, checking out another camp spot which we briefly looked at before continuing on. Say no more. Eventually arrived at Ningaloo Station. Phil gave us the low down on everything and suggested Jane's Bay as the place for us. Off we went complete with chemical toilet on my lap (at least it was empty). Followed the mud map and set up. Behind the dunes and a short walk to the beach, which at this stage looked a little disappointing. From the top of the dune we could see another camper trailer parked up, however they drove off in the morning with hardly a wave of acknowledgement.
The fisherman 'rigged' up and went about his business - providing dinner. There was more weed than sea, and over the next 3 days he persevered for hours and apart from a few nibbles had no luck. Phil had said the north end of the bay was good for whiting so one morning off we set. A lovely walk and eventually did get to a bit of beach that was swimmable but no fish were hungry. On the way back came across a very small turtle on the sand. At first thought it was dead but when I touched it there was a very small breath and eye blink. Not very lively and not really knowing what to do M picked it up and put it in the water. Swam very lethargically with its bum up (maybe had swallowed a plastic bag) but nothing else we could do. It had been a long walk and we didn't attempt it again.
My feet feel strange. All this beach walking is toughening them up. The pads feel swollen and tingly. Sunday brought some company. Two couples strolled down the beach with a very small chiwowa (have no idea how spell that) on a lead. Of course M had to mention something about bringing him fresh live bait. Fortunately all had a great sense of humour, and we discovered the next day that, Locky, the dog, despite his diminutive size, had a great personality.
Come Monday we were slightly disappointed with our bit of non productive beach. So we went off to to ask about checking out the other beaches at Ningaloo. Each camping location has a locked gate so Phil gave us all the keys and we set off. All were quite different, and all were better than where we were at Jane's Bay. Phil confirmed there was a free site at South Lefroy so we were moving there tomorrow.
On the way back we stopped off where Locky's (the small dog with large personality) parents were camped in 2 large caravans. What was intended as a 10 minute chat extended to the rest of the afternoon. One of the women was a keen seamstress and showed me her creations. Said she wouldn't come camping without her machine and produced a small Elna. It was the same one I had been given for my 17th birthday!!! They had all been in Denham for a few weeks and had been very productive on the fishing side of things and when we said our goodbyes we were handed a couple of packets of vacuum packed fish!!! How lovely.
 | Coral Bay Boat Harbour [Map] |  | Ningaloo Windmill [Map] |
 | Turtle Rescue [Map] |  | Jane's Bay [Map] |
 | Cloate's Lighthouse [Map] |  | Lighthouse [Map] |
 | North Lefroy [Map] |
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