Ed and Evette and their kids Tegan and Corey were once again great camping companions as were Ed's brother Chris and his girlfriend Charlotte. The latter were also great dishwashers and babysitters... haha...Charlotte had a quite fan club by the time we left!
If you want to know more about where we went and stayed, check out this link for more info - www.ningaloostation.com.au/
Anyway, on to some photos...
All ready to hit the road at 4am Monday morning!
L-R: us, Chris (and Charlotte) and Ed (and family)
happy little travelers
We drove to Canarvon on Monday, which is about 900km, stayed there the night
and did the rest on Tuesday. By the time we had set up camp it was late Tuesday
afternoon, so we're glad we did the traveling over two days.
letting out some air at the beginning of the track that heads into Ningaloo Station
what an awesome sight at the end of our first day there
there's not many places you can get a view this good from your bed
We had a few luxuries and one of them was yummy freshly baked bread
(and no, Evette's not that round, the wind is just blowing her shirt like that :-) )We also had lovely warm showers every night thanks to
Ed and Evette's hot water shower system
looking down one way of the beach to the point...
and the other way across the bay, where everyone else was camped
so we were nicely by ourselves :-)
The tide is up here so you can't see the reef close to the shore,
but on the next 2 photos it looks quite different
Towards the end of the day, the tide would go out a fair bit and leave the reef close to shore exposed, creating all these rock pools, which was perfect for the kids to play in
Good morning kids!
Checking on Charlotte who had her tent set up behind our camper
All ready to hit the road at 4am Monday morning!L-R: us, Chris (and Charlotte) and Ed (and family)
happy little travelersWe drove to Canarvon on Monday, which is about 900km, stayed there the night
and did the rest on Tuesday. By the time we had set up camp it was late Tuesday
afternoon, so we're glad we did the traveling over two days.
letting out some air at the beginning of the track that heads into Ningaloo Station
what an awesome sight at the end of our first day there
there's not many places you can get a view this good from your bed
We had a few luxuries and one of them was yummy freshly baked bread(and no, Evette's not that round, the wind is just blowing her shirt like that :-) )We also had lovely warm showers every night thanks to
Ed and Evette's hot water shower system
looking down one way of the beach to the point...
and the other way across the bay, where everyone else was campedso we were nicely by ourselves :-)
The tide is up here so you can't see the reef close to the shore,
but on the next 2 photos it looks quite different
Towards the end of the day, the tide would go out a fair bit and leave the reef close to shore exposed, creating all these rock pools, which was perfect for the kids to play in
Good morning kids! Checking on Charlotte who had her tent set up behind our camper
Rod with his coronation trout - good eating!
and me with my little sweetlip something I think
the three musketeers - the fourth one is probably exploring in the dunes somewhere
this is the way I wash my face...
play dough time
all that playing tires you out
yep, I did a lot of this... got through three books :-)
the end of another wonderful day
doing the 'water run' We went through some ridiculous amount of water every day...There are three wells here where you can pump out drinkable water.
Apparently the owner of the other car that's on this photo saw kangaroos digging in the sand one time (he's been coming here for years) and drinking here, so he dug a bit, tasted the water and found it was fresh, so he put in a well. Saves you carrying all your drinking water in! You just need a small pump connected to a bit of hose and you can get the water out.
out in the boat with the kids in the morning...
...and with Ed and Evette in the afternoon to do some fishingWe even spotted whales a fair way away from us surfacing and
blowing huge sprays of water - amazing!
we all had great catches! So much fun when they put up a good fight!
yep, an old ironing board makes a good place to fillet fish
such beautiful sunsets every night
dinner time 
Chris trawling behind the reef and managing to catch a big one
On our second Sunday there we went for a drive to the old whaling station in the late afternoon.There were dead starfish everywhere which the kids thought were cool to collect. By the time we left, this concrete thing was covered in starfish
ruins
Charlotte and Chris
having some fun in the dunes on the way back
On one of the windy days, we headed up to Turquoise Bay, near Exmouth for the day and boy it was beautiful there! It's all sanctuary so there's fish swimming right in the shallows, there was no wind, it was nice and calm for the kids to play in the water and the snorkeling is just amazing! So much sea life! Rod and I even got to sea a turtle having a feed off the coral. And where we snorkeled is called the Drift Loop, so you hardly need to swim, you just drift along with the current - very cool :)
chill-axing
Heading home from Turquoise Bay along the Yardie Creek track (that'll rattle your brains! talk about corrugations!) anyway, there are these huge termite mounds everywhere
yep we got a bit of rain that afternoon, didn't last long though
our home away from home...Just showing you how much better it looks now with the new curtains and cushion covers :)
another day out with the kids on the boat so they could do some fishing
all that brown/black colour in the water is ink from the squid!we did eat some that night and they tasted great
spot the (tiny) crab
last sunset
all packed up and ready to go homeNot that any of us wanted to really, I mean, look at that water! and that sunshine!
huge road trains
...to be done one day again hopefully...
