We enjoyed the overcast day because the sun didn’t come shining in at stupid-o-clock.
Our progress was greatly slowed when Trevor recognised a white-winged fairy wren near the campsite and we took quite a while watching and photographing a number of them before we decided to get on our way.
We made our way down to Yardie Creek stopping in at Sandy Bay on the way and admiring the lovely turquoise water.
Then we were on again in time to check out the water crossing to get further south.
The boat trip on Yardie Creek was informative and fun with our skipper, Ash, telling plenty of tall tales mixed in with genuine info. He was a real showman.
We saw heaps of black flanked rock wallabies, osprey on and off of nests, reef heron and a western bower bird with his bower (on an island)
We shared lunch with the others while we watched the progress of the bogged 4WD on the other side of the water and the other vehicles driving back and forwards.
Then we worked our way north to Turquoise Bay, decided the water looked flat enough to snorkel (the wind was still blowing pretty strongly) and had a go. As we remembered, there is quite a drift, and the many different fish on the coral were a delight. The lovely thing is that you can just be 20m or so from the shore and be getting a real feast of reef life to watch.
We headed homewards in time to enjoy drinks with some of our fellow campers as we watched whales tail flapping and frolicking way out past the edge of the reef.
It had been heavily overcast and threatening to rain for hours, but we finally had a few spots, which kept on coming and going as we cooked and ate our tea. We’ve brought our washing in from outside and moved our chairs inside just in case. Last time we were here we had an unexpected flood, so we know the weather can be unpredictable and surprising at times.
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