Wednesday, March 10, 2004
hi girls
i've been away for the past few days. one of ben's friends came to visit from s'pore and we all went up to coral bay and exmouth to see the ningaloo reef. it was quite far up and took us about 12 hours to drive up. i never thought i would take such a long road trip. but it was really cool. cos we drove so far up, the weather was different. it was hot and humid and there were lots of flies! yuck. we all looked and felt like carcasses with flies all over us.
we spent a whole day driving up from 6am to 6pm and stayed at a backpackers. the 2nd day we went snorkelling in the clear blue water to see the corals and reef fishes. they were so cute and beautiful!!! had a bit of drama snorkelling for the first time. *ask gayle for details* but after that was settled, everything was fine and i love snorkelling.
on the 3rd day, we drove further up north to exmouth and found ourselves a relatively secluded beach in a national park called turquoise beach and it was simply breathtaking. the white sand, crystal clear waters and cloudless sky. i found the shimmering of light on the water really hypnotic. the bay was unique because of the strange currents coming in sideways due to the reef and it was hilarious. you'll see us trying to swim as hard and fast as we can and yet see us not going anywhere at all cos the current keeps pushing you back and swimming simply keeps you at the same position. it was hilarious. plus, the girls didn't have flippers, making our kicking rather futile. ben had the only pair of flippers on cos they fit only him. we all felt so foolish. our equipment was incomplete. our friend had only a mask and no snorkel. and i had both. so she had a hard time breathing. while basking in the sun, we spotted a turtle and they went after him while i kept a lookout. they manage to see him and chased him until he dived down. i was quite disappointed i couldn't see the turtle. it was quite big. more than half a metre wide.
by the time we went back to coral bay where our lodgings are, it was late already and the kangaroos were about and we almost hit some. it was so strange seeing a kangaroo hopping away into the sunset. it was like watching a qantas advert.
finally on the 4th day, we left early in the morning to drive back to perth, stopping at kalbarri national park to see some coastal structures. beautiful but hard to enjoy them with hundreds of flies around us. had some trouble with traffic as well, with road trains kicking up such a sand storm i was literally driving blind, unable to see what was ahead of me. it the road train had braked, i wouldn't have known.
got backl really tired at 10.30pm. fully enjoyed the trip. even the drama seemed insignificant. all the beautiful cute little fishes, the big intimidating ones, the sunsets, sunrise, the beautiful beach, scenary along the road and fun times made it such a wonderful experience. wished we had taken more pictures though.
i've been away for the past few days. one of ben's friends came to visit from s'pore and we all went up to coral bay and exmouth to see the ningaloo reef. it was quite far up and took us about 12 hours to drive up. i never thought i would take such a long road trip. but it was really cool. cos we drove so far up, the weather was different. it was hot and humid and there were lots of flies! yuck. we all looked and felt like carcasses with flies all over us.
we spent a whole day driving up from 6am to 6pm and stayed at a backpackers. the 2nd day we went snorkelling in the clear blue water to see the corals and reef fishes. they were so cute and beautiful!!! had a bit of drama snorkelling for the first time. *ask gayle for details* but after that was settled, everything was fine and i love snorkelling.
on the 3rd day, we drove further up north to exmouth and found ourselves a relatively secluded beach in a national park called turquoise beach and it was simply breathtaking. the white sand, crystal clear waters and cloudless sky. i found the shimmering of light on the water really hypnotic. the bay was unique because of the strange currents coming in sideways due to the reef and it was hilarious. you'll see us trying to swim as hard and fast as we can and yet see us not going anywhere at all cos the current keeps pushing you back and swimming simply keeps you at the same position. it was hilarious. plus, the girls didn't have flippers, making our kicking rather futile. ben had the only pair of flippers on cos they fit only him. we all felt so foolish. our equipment was incomplete. our friend had only a mask and no snorkel. and i had both. so she had a hard time breathing. while basking in the sun, we spotted a turtle and they went after him while i kept a lookout. they manage to see him and chased him until he dived down. i was quite disappointed i couldn't see the turtle. it was quite big. more than half a metre wide.
by the time we went back to coral bay where our lodgings are, it was late already and the kangaroos were about and we almost hit some. it was so strange seeing a kangaroo hopping away into the sunset. it was like watching a qantas advert.
finally on the 4th day, we left early in the morning to drive back to perth, stopping at kalbarri national park to see some coastal structures. beautiful but hard to enjoy them with hundreds of flies around us. had some trouble with traffic as well, with road trains kicking up such a sand storm i was literally driving blind, unable to see what was ahead of me. it the road train had braked, i wouldn't have known.
got backl really tired at 10.30pm. fully enjoyed the trip. even the drama seemed insignificant. all the beautiful cute little fishes, the big intimidating ones, the sunsets, sunrise, the beautiful beach, scenary along the road and fun times made it such a wonderful experience. wished we had taken more pictures though.
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