Today we went off to explore the east coast of the cape and to view the different gorges further south. Heading out we looked in at the Town Beach and Pebble Beach and here we read that nearly the equivalent of 5oo truck loads of the pebbles had been removed over the years( for landscaping etc) so it was now protected and anyone caught removing them was liable for a heavy fine.
Further on we turned off onto a dirt track for the Shothole Canyon. What a surprise, after a few km we found ourselves driving through some magnificent gorges with the most incredible rock formations and canyons. At the end of the road we climbed up the footpath for a great view of the area.
We drove back out and then on to the Charles Knife Canyon Road which is about 23 km south of Exmouth. This road follows the original trail made by Charles Knife and Jack King in the 1950’s to what was regarded as an impossible access to the Cape Range Oil drilling site.
Here again there were some great views out across the range and the canyons which we found to be quite impressive.
After stopping off at looking out at all the viewing points and at the Charles Carter lookout we slowly made our way back down again and headed home to the caravan park for a late lunch.
We had decided that tomorrow we would head south to Coral Bay where we had phoned ahead to ensure that we could secure a site for a few days. This is where we will do our snorkelling and viewing the reef from a glass bottom boat and the option to hop over the side and get amongst the reef fish.
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