Where the Desert Meets the Reef + Home
Hello again - We've been back home for over 2 months now but I have some unfinished business... the last blog! Prepare yourselves... it's quite the long one. After leaving Perth (and unfortunately the quokkas) we flew north to Exmouth - a small town on the edge of the desert. More importantly it is the gateway to the Ningaloo, Australia's largest fringing coral reef and the only large reef in the world close to land. So close you can swim to it from shore at certain points. Flying from Perth over the red desert to Exmouth was our first glimpse of the true outback. Can confirm there isn't a lot in between Perth and Exmouth... and they are 12 hours apart by car. Once we got closer to Exmouth seeing the contrast of the red dirt meeting the crystal blue waters was quite a site to behold.