1/9/2016. Coral Bay
Last nights 4x4 tour was excellent, taking a new track and getting a better/different view of the coastline. The line of breakers on the reef with only a relatively narrow navigable strip between the reef and the shoreline is remarkable. Ningaloo does not have the extensive reef flat and inner reef of the GBR but would pose similar challenges to wooden hulled sailing boats.
This morning I walked the tide-line south and north of Coral Bay and was struck by the very flat coastal plane that lies behind the shoreline. Reef is relatively close (compared to the GBR) and there is very little to appeal to Voyages sailing along coast. No major sources of fresh water nor of large stands of timber.
I met up with the Murdoch Students who were staying at the Ningaloo Club and confirmed that they only had their lecturer with them. Not a name that I recognised, unfortunately.
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