Starry, starry nights at Karijini

Emily has been playing with her camera and with some assistance from some fellow travellers, she has taken a few photos of the night sky in Karijini.  A few shots of the Milky Way from our camp with the tree appearing in a couple.  She thinks she is a professional now.

More whale sharks

Well we are back with a little coverage, not sure if I'll get any more than a couple of days catching up tonight.  We are a a cattle station somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
We had a professional photographer with us on the whale shark boat...these are some of her photos.

Emily with the shark.

Luke having fun under the whale shark

Luke having a look.

Vernon trying to get away?

Vernon looking confident.

Travel to Karijini

Long day today (longer for Luke of course...) traveling to Karijini National park.  Reports are the David Attenborough and Trish Bassett both claim Karijini is the best national park in the world, we will judge in a couple of days.  In the mean time Pam and I have 'settled' into our accommodation.  Not sure this will suit us but at predicted negative temperatures I'm sure the 19 layers of clothing will help keep the cold at bay?
Late mail...the coldest it got this morning was zero degrees, will I ever be warm again??

Lunch at Tom Price

The road to Karijini

Gets more interesting

It looks a little primitive?

Our tree behind the tents.

Home sweet home.

Looks like breakfast.

Bacon and eggs, good cooking Chris!!!

Dawn at camp.

Sunset at camp.

Our bedroom....please tell me there is a light switch!!!

Whale sharks

Well, we leave Exmouth at 5am in  the morning and have no coverage for 3 nights, so this will be the last blog entry till we get back to civilisation.

One of the most amazing days ever!!  Luke has talked about the whale sharks for years at Exmouth.  We got to swim with them.  Most are about 8 to 10 metres long and swim slowly around the bay near Exmouth.  We got on a boat and headed out for what we thought would be a 20 minute snorkel with a whale shark.  Left at 8am and got back at 4 and swam with about 8 whale sharks.  Got so close we could have touched them.  In between we snorkelled on the reefs protecting the Exmouth beach.  The most colourful fish, octopus, sting rays and every other sort of marine animal all crowded into such a small space.  All you need to do is rest on the top of the water and a couple of metres down the sea and the ocean floor comes alive with thousands of animals.  What a day!!!

We have a million photos, I haven't got time to load them all tonight...check back in a few days for some really sensational, up close and personal photos with the whale sharks.

A flyover just for fun from the nearby RAAF base.