Today we went back to the same spot just south of Coral Bay where we were yesterday afternoon. There’s a maze of tracks through the dunes, but if you persevere, you’ll end up right on the beach. Gee, I didn’t have to walk far for a swim today.

The boys took the kayak out to the edge of the reef. They were gone for at least two hours. That’s a lot of tanning time. I finally got the binoculars out to see if they were out there somewhere. Sure enough, the orange of the kayak was bobbing around just near the breaking waves. When they finally came back to shore they were bursting with news of what they saw: black tip reef shark, turtles, big mackerel, a school of thousands of tiny black and yellow fish, lion fish, angel fish and lots more.
The fishing was good too!

They even had fun while John cleaned the fish waiting for the reef sharks to come in, goggles at the ready so they could jump in to see them.

I snorkelled with John and Ferg, using Ferg’s flippers. We were out for over half an hour, and Ferg swam the whole time with no flippers. It’s times like these I know that all those years of swimming lessons and Nipper training is worth it. We saw more huge fan coral, in lots of colours and fish were everywhere. It’s like jumping in the tank at Melbourne Aquarium! There’s a whole world lying just below the surface.
John and Ferg paddled the kayak back to Coral Bay, while Harry and I drove back through the dune tracks. Yes, we got stuck in the sand (no biggie, just needed to use low range to get out) and yes, we got lost. But at least the view was good! You can see the kayak in the photo below – it’s just a spec near the sand dune.