We left Giralia after a very swift pack up which we are getting quite good at now. The drive on to Exmouth along the Burkett Road was once again across some very flat country aptly named the Scrubby Range. We encountered straying cattle wandering all over the road and also a few sheep as the sides of the road were all unfenced. Obviously the wildlife must be quite abundant due to the sad sight of the recent road kill of kangaroos and other small animals from being struck by vehicles overnight. The massive kite eagles were gorging themselves along with the other usual birds that scavenge the road kill. The Minilya Exmouth Road is quite undulating with many places that are subjected to numerous floodway's which no doubt would cut access to the North West Cape at various times during the wet season.
We pulled into the Exmouth Visitors Centre to enquire about availability of spaces at the caravan parks and was surprised that there were plenty available at any of the parks. However there were no spaces available in the Cape Range National Park which are basically bush camps but are in the best position for the Ningaloo Reef.
Not Knowing too much about the different parks we just drove into the nearest one, the Ningaloo Caravan Park and booked up for a few days.
It didn’t take us too long to set up our site and then drive to the local shops to restock our supplies to last us for at least another week.
We sat down and planned that tomorrow we would drive up,around and down to the Cape Range National Park to check out the beaches and the snorkelling opportunities and of course the reef.
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