Paradise Beach

Considering we are in the tropics, this morning was unusually fresh but as soon as the sun was up it got warm and we were grateful for the wind which made for a pleasant day, even out in the sun.

Ilse did some washing in the morning and then we set off on foot to Paradise Beach (photo) on the southern side of Coral Bay. After a short walk through the sand dunes we arrived at the turquoise waters and commenced our favourite activity.

Today we tried different fish attractors, the boys worked soft plastic lures while the girls used bait. We had plenty of strikes on the plastic but the fish weren't interested in bait. Alexander landed a Spangled Emperor and I got a Long Tom, both went back to be caught another day.

We lost a number of plastics today as some fish completely swallowed the plastic and then just bit clear through the line - not sure what the were, but they certainly had sharp teeth.

After a late lunch we went back to the other end of Paradise Beach near the boat harbour but had no luck with fishing (wrong) so the kids went snorkelling instead. The reef is barely 20mt into water and there were plenty of fish to see, just none that wanted to be caught.

We returned from the beach just before sunset to start packing up as this is our last night in Coral Bay. Tomorrow we will move north, past Exmouth and into Cape Range National Park - the heart of Ningaloo Reef.

The camp sites at Cape Range have no water, no power and no phone reception. We are planning to stay there for 3 nights so we won't update this blog until we're back in civilisation.