Ningaloo Reef is heaven. Turquoise waters, white sand and rich marine life on a coral shelf. In some ways it is better than the Great Barrier Reef because the reef is only 3-10 metres off shore, as opposed to kilometres off shore. We thought we would only stay for 3 nights initially, but this has stretched to 5. We are staying in the national park where you have to rock up to the ranger’s station by 7 in the morning and queue, because the limited sites are so highly sought after. We were lucky to score a site at 7.30 because we didn’t fully know the drill. The other people who had queued since 4.30am were most pissed off.
The sites are right behind the dunes and are only $7 per person per night. There are camp hosts who look after 10 or so campsites. In ours (Mesa Camp) we all gather for drinks at 5 each night. We have met some really fantastic people. Great fun.
It is so beautiful and I feel so lucky.