Four hundred & some odd K to Exmouth from Onslow. We came through areas of many wild flowers for which WA is famous. We are right in the middle of wild flower season & it seems everything is flowering.
Exmouth town is a little Ho Hum but the area is breathtaking beyond belief. We have never seen more beautiful beaches, waters as clear as glass, coral reef within 20 metres of the beach.
Went snorkling over the coral bommies which were thick with every size & colour of fish, irridescent bright blues, reds & yellows from very small to really big. The fish were not frightened at all & allowed you to swim right through the schools as this is a fish sanctuary & they are used to people.
Also there is a complex of 13 towers, each taller than the Eifell tower. They form a giant antenna which communicates with American & Australian submarines while under water in the Indian ocean & the western pacific. They use VLF frequencies. The towers are visible from about 50K out of town.
A fish I caught on my night fishing expedition on the last night in Onslow.
This giant army emblem is built facing East so that you can photograph the rising sun & yes I did get up early enough to do this.
Roadside wild flowers.
As above.
This soft ground cover is everywhere.
Yellow flowers.
A purple one.
More flowers.
These hills look just like the ones in Phoenix, same colour & all.
This section of road is used for the flying doctor to land on when required.
Wild flower fields.
As above, the white sections on the ground are those soft ball like ground covers.
One of countless different types.
On the road to Exmouth, lunch stop, not much to see but you can see it for a hell of a long way.
The cut off front end of a decomissioned sub outside the communication station.
Blurb about the place.
The towers from a long way out.
The bottom of a tower up close.
Very tall & I can't fit it into the pic.
The walkway alongside a boat ramp.
Pano looking back along the boat ramp.
Someone was jagging squid beside the ramp. They were really big.
This emu walked out in front of the car. It then spotted us in the car & walked up the the bonnet & starred in at us until it was satisfied & then strolled off.
He decided we held no more interest & wandered off.
The wreck of the SS Mildura form 1907. This wreck inspired the building of the Vlaming Head light house.
Info as above.
Looking out over the Indian Ocean from the light house.
The base of a wartime radar on the hill just near the light house. The sand bags are still original from the war.
Nice view, you can just make out the thin lines of the high towers.
Info.
Vlaming Head light house.
Off shore gas rig taken a full zoom from the light house.
Eagles nest on a microwave tower.
A couple of wallabies hiding in the shade during the heat of the day.
The lovely tropical clear waters. The dark areas are the actual coral reef & are quite colourful when you are in the water.
More little wallabies, not at all concerned with our car.
Thats me heading out to snorkel on the reef.
You can not see them, but the waters are teeming with fish.
It looks very shallow but is actually 10 - 12 feet deep.
A gorge we walked along that fed into the ocean.
Looking toward the mouth.
Looking further up the gorge.
Yvonne found this fossil in the rock.
Further up the gorge.
Checking the view.
As above.
Someone doing a selfie.
Camp Exmouth.
Washing day at Exmouth.
Exmouth town is a little Ho Hum but the area is breathtaking beyond belief. We have never seen more beautiful beaches, waters as clear as glass, coral reef within 20 metres of the beach.
Went snorkling over the coral bommies which were thick with every size & colour of fish, irridescent bright blues, reds & yellows from very small to really big. The fish were not frightened at all & allowed you to swim right through the schools as this is a fish sanctuary & they are used to people.
Also there is a complex of 13 towers, each taller than the Eifell tower. They form a giant antenna which communicates with American & Australian submarines while under water in the Indian ocean & the western pacific. They use VLF frequencies. The towers are visible from about 50K out of town.
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