Away from the Red, onto the Blue

We got up super early once more and drove for the entire morning. Our destination? Coral Bay. This was our second to last stop on our journey. The weather was gorgeous and the prospects of the ocean and beach made it less bittersweet to leave the national park. It was definitely easier to unpack the tent than it was to pack it up, so packing the "boot" of the car was interesting. But we successfully got on the road before the sun was up. The traveling went well, except for a slight b ump in the road that took the form of a speed radar that caught us in the middle of no where going 40 km over the speed limit. On a holiday weekend (which Easter Monday still counts as here in Oz), that resulted in a 700 dollar fine. I'm incredibly thankful that I was not the one driving.

We arrived to cloudless skies and perfect weather at about 1 pm. We sun bathed, read, snorkeled, and ate fresh fruit that we purchased.

We debated between camping there or finding somewhere on the way to our next stop, and decided to camp on the way. We drove for a couple of more hours, and found a side of the road campsite. It was the first place we found where we were allowed to have a campfire, which was nice. The only problem was that we had no wood. So Mallory and I went about finding some kindling, and Terry and Elizabeth went in search of stuff that would burn for a long period of time. Between the four of us, we managed to get a decent campfire built, and were able to cook our pasta over the fire.


Instead of wrestling with the tent again, we slept out under the stars, looking forward to the next day and the promise of dolphins at Monkey Mia.