A new day and new adventures to explore. But first we had to take care of some logistics- as we were heading into Karijini National Park the following day we reorganized our luggage. Karijini would be camping instead of hotel rooms. We therefore packed soft bags instead of our hard case suitcases, hoping that we could access our belongings more easily in a tent.

Also we stocked up on supplies as Karijini does not provide drinking water and we needed more snacks for during the day- fruit and bread and cheese plus mixed nuts was usually our go to. But first coffee at “Exhale Exmouth”

We wanted to do some more snorkeling and headed to Pilgramunna in Cape Range National Park. Standing on the rocks we were searching for turtles. Instead we spotted a big reef shark that swam right by our feet.

As other tourists mentioned that the beach was not ideal for snorkeling we headed back to the car and ended up chatting quite a while with a nice family from Sydney who were parked right next to us. It‘s this openness and interest in others that never ceases to amaze us here in Australia. This was just one of three encounters on a single day where we had nice chats with Australians. All were sincerely interested in where we were coming from, what we were going to do on our trip and what we thought about their country.

For snorkeling we finally headed back to Osprey Bay to get into the water as snorkeling is a bit easier here than on other beaches. We had not rented fins today thus limiting our ability to move about the waters.

Nonetheless we saw abundant wild life under the surface and swam with a big turtle for a while.

For a late lunch we sat down at the picnic area of Osprey Beach and were soon surrounded by these little fellas.

On our way back to the hotel it was already getting late and we decided to only make one last stop- the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse. it is a stunning spot for watching the sunset. We were lucky and saw a large number of whales pass by the nearby shore. Many of them were jumping in the water making it quite a spectacle.