The last few days have been one crazy adventure after another. Claire, Whit, Skizip, Mike, and I rented a tiny, tiny car (Toyota Yaris..or YAR-vis) and headed North on a long stretch of empty outback highway. It was so cliché...red dirt, isolated, and hot as hell.
We made our country proud by assuming that in a car we were invincible and that there would be gas at least every 80 miles like in the States. So we ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere in the Australian Outback on a desolate highway. Luckily, no more than 2 minutes passed before a truck stopped and sold us some extra gas he had which got us to the next "town".
Then Skizip got a ticket. The only police car we saw on the whole 14 hour drive from Perth north pulled us over. We blame the Yaris for being too little for Skip's huge ogre feet to lightly touch the gas petal.
Then we camped out in a caravan park near Koolibah National Park (below) that, strangely, doesn't allow camping. We saw a feral goat, more kangaroos, and wild emus.
We continued our trek North up to Coral Bay and the Ningaloo Reef Marine Sanctuary. Incredible...that's all I can really say. We snorkeled with manta rays larger than our car, swam with reef sharks, and saw lots of sea turtles and a few dolphins. The colors and patterns of the fish and coral was mind blowing. The water is the most beautiful aqua marine. It was a nice little tour outfit with cool leaders and the cutest dog ever, Grace.
The sunset over the Indian Ocean at Coral Bay.
Then we got back in the car and headed back south past Perth. We're in Margaret River right now, an area known for it's caves, surfing, and wineries. We'll probably do a little of each today if time permits.
Hope you all ate your asses off for us. We all missed our family, friends, and food on Thanksgiving.
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