Turtles, whales and Emus!!!

14th October

We’ve just had a couple of nights in Exmouth. The marine life is amazing!! It’s turtle breeding season and you can watch these beautiful sea turtles in the day swimming just metres from shore and even sometimes up on the beach. We saw two sets of fresh tracks and nests of turtles who had laid eggs the night before. And if you look out to the horizon, there are literally dozens of whales to be seen.

The beaches up the north are rugged and beautiful.

The kids had fun playing on these awesome sand dunes.

Exmouth must be one of the few towns in the world where you would see emus having a mud bath on the side of the road – just metres from an “emu” road sign 🙂

Plenty of emu visitors in camp too…

We initially only stopped here with the intention of catching our breath – washing off the red dust from Karijini, stocking up on groceries and water, and checking emails before heading to Cape Range National Park. But Exmouth has actually been a great little stop and I’m glad we didn’t bypass it!!