This post is about the part from Kalbarri to Exmouth. Happy reading! 🙂

If you’d like to read the previous part of the trip, click here: Part 1: From Perth to Kalbarri.

Details

That morning, we went to Nature’s Window which is a famous attraction in Kalbarri. It was actually already the 3rd time that I went to this place! 😀 The first time was on the Easter long weekend with a car which I hired, and the second time was on a tour that I did with the school in Perth. This was the first time I saw water in the river, though. 😉

On the way to Nature’s Window in Kalbarri National Park

Still some wonderful flowers along the road. 🙂

Kalbarri National Park

Kalbarri National Park

Kalbarri National Park

Kalbarri National Park

Nature’s Window

Me in Kalbarri National Park

Yayoi in Kalbarri National Park

After that, we started to head direction North. We did the first part of the second longest straight road of Australia! This road is 100 km without any turn!!!! Imagine yourself driving for about an hour without turning! 😀

Second longest straight road in Australia

Yayoi on the second longest straight road in Australia

Me on the second longest straight road in Australia

We entered the Shark Bay National Park and arrived in the evening at a beach called Shell Beach. It’s a beach made only of shells. Interesting! 🙂

Shell Beach

Shell Beach

Shell Beach at sunset

Shell Beach

For overnight, we found a place where people on our app (WikiCamps) commented that they slept there. It’s near a beach not far from Shell Beach. But it’s not a legal place to sleep there because it’s a National Park and it was signed that camping is not allowed in the park. But we did it, though. :-/

The night was clear again. 🙂

Moon in Shark Bay National Park

Milky way in Shark Bay National Park

Stars in Shark Bay National Park

The stars were really nice again and I took a Time Lapse with the moon set and the stars.

Time Lapse of the moon set and the Milky Way

The next morning, at sunrise, I walked a little along the beach. I saw a big jelly fish dead on the beach. The sunrise was rather nice. 🙂

Sunrise in Shark Bay National Park

Jelly Fish on the beach at sunrise in Shark Bay National Park

Then, we went back to Shell Beach because there were toilets. We took the breakfast there in the car park. After about 15 minutes, a ranger came and asked something like “Do you know that it’s not allowed to camp here?”. And then we explained that we didn’t camp here but a bit further. He said that it’s ok for now but next time he would give us a fine. Oops…

We went then to Monkey Mia (still in Shark Bay National Park). This is a private beach where they feed the dolphins. It’s quite touristy, but it’s an opportunity to see easily dolphins. 😉

Monkey Mia

Alex Bolger the seagull 😀

Dolphins at Monkey Mia

A pelican at Monkey Mia

After that, we went back. On the way, we saw an wonderful Lagoon called “Little Lagoon”. I took a little bath. Then, we continued and stopped at Eagle Bluff to find sharks but we didn’t see any.

We also stopped to the place where we slept (near Shell Beach) again because one of Yayoi’s shoe was missing! We found it!! 🙂

Still in Shark Bay National Park, we went to Hamelin Pool Stromatolites which is a place with bacterial structures which provides very old records of life on earth. I was at the same place a few months ago on the trip with the school and it was at high tide. This time was low tide. It looks a bit different.

Coconut at Little Lagoon

Little Lagoon

 

Shark Bay National Park

Eagle Bluff in Shark Bay National Park

Hamelin Pool Stromatolites at low tide

After that, we came back on the second longest straight road of Australia and continued up to the North. The weather was getting warmer and warmer.

A road train

For the night, we went to a caravan park at Carnarvon. It was the first time we paid for an accommodation since we left Perth.

The next day, we drove to Coral Bay. This is a place where we can snorkel and see amazing wildlife of the Ningaloo reef! Some people argue that this reef is better than the Great Barrier Reef on the East Coast. 🙂

Coral Bay

Coral Bay

I snorkeled a little, but the water wasn’t that warm.

Me at Coral Bay

We arrived at Exmouth in the evening and in the Cape Range National Park when it was already dark. At the entrance of the park, we saw that all campgrounds were full… But it was written that we could see online if there is any available place. No Internet connection there, though, but there was Wi-Fi (very slow ^^) at the visitor Center (which was already closed) and we could find one place in a campground (the only one in the whole park!!!). Could book online and stay one night. Oooosh!!! We didn’t think that it would be that busy! It wasn’t school holidays and it wasn’t not that warm yet.

Some parrots on a tree at sunset

After entering Cape Range National Park, there were loooooooooooooots of Wallabies (similar to kangaroos)! Never seen that before! It was very difficult to drive through the National Park without hitting a wallaby. We finally did it but one hit Coconut on the side. It didn’t seem to be dead, fortunately.

A wallaby next to the road (picture taken from the car)

The campground was just next to a beach in the national park. The next morning we went and discovered all those amazing beaches around! We saw again some wallabies. We wanted to stay one more night but unfortunately it was already fully booked.

Cape Range National Park

Wallaby running away from the campsite in the morning

Me at Turquoise Bay

Me at Turquoise Bay

At Turquoise Bay

Yayoi snorkeling at Turquoise Bay

We also found looots of amazing shells.

Cape Range National Park

Cape Range National Park

Cape Range National Park

We left the park in the afternoon and headed direction Karijini. We stopped in a free campsite at the North West Coastal Highway.

 

Distances

Here are the distances of this part of my trip. 🙂

Day 3 (08.09.2018): Driving: 390km. Walking: 160m
Day 4 (09.09.2018): Driving: 372km.
Day 5 (10.09.2018): Driving: 407km.
Day 6 (11.09.2018): Driving: 196km.
Total: Driving: 1365km. Walking: 160m

Distances may not be totally accurate. 😉

Map generated automatically by Google Maps showing the itinerary of this part of my trip (created thanks to the GPS of my smartphone). Enlarge the map to see the details. 🙂