So the next day, we paid the entrance fee again and this
time we hire the snorkel gear from visitor centre. There are few other place to snorkel in the national park, the Lakeside (just around the visitor center) and Oyster Stack (which you can only snorkel during high tide because there are lots of rocks. Many people reckon Turquoise Bay is the best, so we headed straight to Turquoise Bay
and we were the first ones to arrive. The wind is so strong! We can see the
current so strong and the swell is quite high from where the waves break at
the reefs.
Got a little scared, so we waited when there were more
people came in before we get into water.
Many fishes at Turquoise Bay. Very nice snorkelling area but the water temperature is quite low, we can only snorkel about 20min and had to get up to lay on the sand for sunbath.
Sun bathing.. Really nice when you are freezing cold in the sea...
Beside Turquoise Bay is the drift snorkel area where we just follow the current and come out before reaching the sandy end. Have to be careful with the current though, because there is a reef gap which will pull you out to the ocean if you don't come out in time.
Saw this cute fella, quite small in size... There are other beautiful fishes we saw like moon wrasse, black dotted dart, angel fish, butterfly fish, parrot fish, sea star, christmas tree worm, coral fish, very big flute fish and unicorn fish... but not able to capture in on our camera...
We went snorkelling for four times today and each time we saw different fishes. Fish are plentiful but the corals weren't that nice. After the intensive snorkelling, we move on again. Driving towards Coral Bay, which is also part of the Ningaloo Reef Marine Park.
Our dinner of Crimson Snapper, bought at the Kailis Bro fish shop @ Exmouth.. We camped at Bullara Station, a farmhouse with camping facilities, very nice toilet and showers and farm animals to accompany you when you're eating. LOL. They only have wood fire BBQ though, no stove. It's a nice place to spend a night if you have small kids. We paid $25 for unpowered site.
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