Shark Bay

The flies had heard of Denham and had decided it was their favourite spot.  MAN they were bad. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck.  Anyway enough of yet another Adult Tantrum.

We stopped at the Stromatolites at Hamelin Pool, fascinating!  Another awesome learning experience, we read about the microbial mats and stromatolites, then saw fish in the perfectly clear water and even a jelly fish trapped in a small rock pool at low tide.  A great close up of a very big jellyfish.

 The must do stop at Shell Beach enticed us into the water to get away from the flies, and it worked, for a few minutes. hehe.  What a magic spot and the water was the perfect temperature.

 Cape Peron at the top of the Francois Peron National Park is another spectacular West Australian highlight.  Viewing fish and reef through pristine, clear turquoise waters, standing on the edges of bright red cliffs.  What a beautiful part of the world.

The track out to Cape Peron was 40kms and definitely 4WD only, had a great time bouncing along the red sand.

We made a small detour to Bottle Bay for some snorkelling and exploring.  Stephen saw a sea snake (luckily on his own not with the kids) and made a quick exit from the water.  Next the boys had a great time seeing all manner of fish, then a couple of North West Blowies came along and ended that moment,  they're vicious things those ones - they really go for you.  A fisherman in the area had just lost the tip of his finger to one recently so we jumped out of the water.

Just a fly or two............

We were lucky enough to meet friends from 'home' here in Denham.  Sonya, Paul, Kyle and Aidan were on holiday at Paul's sisters for a week or so and we loved our stay with them for a few nights.  It was great spending time with them and the boys loved the boy company.

Thank you so much to Sue, Paul's sister, for putting up with us on her block.  What a wonderful time we had and such a blast from the past that we knew Sue from many years back.  We will definitely be back to Denham, it really was a gorgeous spot.

Heading on up.....