Sunday, May 6, 2007

On to Coral Bay

We woke up early this morning and decided to go check out the dolphin feeding once again. The second feeding of the morning had just finished when we arrived so a lot of people were heading back for breakfast. Soon enough the dolpins were back and the third feeding of the morning begin. typically Matt fluttered his eyelashes at one of the female feeders and actually got to feed a dolphin. More exciting though, was the fact that the dolphins spotted some live fish under the peer and proceeded to hunt them. It was mayhem as they flew through the water chasing the fish -- they can really move fast -- they came quite close to our legs and we were lucky not to be hit by them.

After that excitement we headed back to the room to pack up and check out. We had a quick breakfast before starting the long drive to Coral bay. This was a very uneventful drive especially when you consider that the first 150km were back along the road we travelled on Friday. There was a scary amount of roadkill though, a constant reminder of how careful you need to be on these long straight roads. We stopped off in Carnavorn for lunch and stocked up on food in a big Woolworths there, as the Lonely Planet says that Coral bay is very small and groceries are expensive there.

We've booked into the Ningaloo Club for the next three nights and arrived there in the early evening. It's a decent enough kitchen with good kitchen facilities and a nice bar, with a pool table and some table tennis tables. Once again with had a barbeque dinner before having a couple of beers and playing a couple of games of pool in the bar. Not sure what the plan is for the next couple of days -- we'll have to get organised in the morning.