Our GO-MAD Oz Adventure: Day 90

1 May 2013

I can't believe it's May, I am going to say that at the start of every month but seriously...May...the fifth month?! What the!

Today we were off to explore Exmouth a little bit and Joel was excited as now he has a job he wanted to spend some money on a flight over the Ningaloo reef on a micro light!

First stop visitor information centre, not open....haha we were a little to keen! So decided to have a look around and well theres not too much to exmouth, it has few necessary shops, lots of new expensive houses (i think this is where miners live from Karratha cuz the airport is just down the road from here.)

Visitor centre open and we head in to book some tours. Unfortunately micro lights are not going at the moment and we will be gone by the time they start again! Joel was very disappointed to say the least! So decided to book a boat tour on the Yardie Creek to check out the gorge instead. The tour wasn't until 12.30 so headed to the marina and decided to have a bit of a fish before we went back to the NP.

Back to NP and as far as you can go south in the NP is where Yardie Creek is situated. It is just a small little creek surrounded by huge red gorges. This creek backs onto the Yardie Beach and does occasionally opens up to the beach to let more salt water in, however it is predominately fresh water.

I decided to head to the loo before we went on the tour and just as I was heading into the toilet I heard a bit of a bang followed by crushing metal, couldn't really see what it was so proceeded to the loo. Came out of the loo and Joel was over helping two girls at a ford station wagon. As I got closer I realised they had just crashed into some little barriers that separate the parking bays. They were English and had rented the car in Perth and were just having a look round here than heading back to drop the car off! Oops! The driver was in shock I think as she wasn't saying much! Joel has everything in his tool boxes so headed back to get a hammer, gaff tape and some zip ties! While he was at his truck he ran into a guy we had met at Coral Bay, and what are the chances....he was a panelbeater! So Joel let him take it from here...and just assisted in taping the front bumper back to the side of the car! Poor girls, we felt so sorry for them! And worse we asked them do you know what the excess is for this car and she was like Ahh no one ever said anything about excess or insurance when I rented it, so we have a awful feeling they may be up for a bit of money when they get back to Perth!

By this time it was just the time our tour started so left them with it. There are two little boats that run up and down the creek, they are the only motorised boats allowed in the creek however you can kayak or swim in here if you want. After the stories about the leeches in there I wasn't so keen to swim. The tour guide has lived in the area for 48 years so he was very knowledgable and it was a lovely tranquil boat ride accompanied with rock wallabies, ospreys, nests and other bird life. It was so relaxing that after we got off the boat we were both ready for a nanna nap! Haha