Thinking we had left the red dirt behind at Tom Price, we had washed the cars and even washed the caravan floor. We had forgotten our House Creek Roadside stop before we hit Coral Bay. (A little traumatic) not really but we finished reading Red Dog!! But that wasn’t the only thing that happened. Just as we were getting into bed a young French couple pulled into the roadside camp and proceeded to set up camp. We are sure that their car had 14 doors that they opened and shut twice and STARTED TALKING AS SOON AS THEY GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND DIDN’T STOP UNTIL THEIR JAWS COULDN’T WORK ANY LONGER. Emma and I even think they had a little tiff (even though we couldn’t understand a word they were saying) as Mr French seemed to raise his voice and the tone changed dramatically at French chic. I might add that at the beginning of our holiday Emma had taken Sarah and Matilda aside and explained that sometimes we would have very close neighbours- to speak quietly and at night time speak in hushed tones. They prepared their dinner and for at least 14 minutes there was quiet while they ate. It then came time for them to pump up their bed. Emma described the sound as A HACKSAW CUTTING THE TOP OF THEIR CAR AND MAKING IT INTO A CONVERTIBLE AND TAKING THAT LONG!! I then heard a thumping noise. (Careful of your thoughts). Rohan said that it was Mr French stomping out the fire that they had lit. I told myself that I was going to get up at 5.30 am and stand by their tent and sing Old MacDonald had a farm over and over and over. Emma had decided on something else.
Leaving all that behind, we set off for Coral Bay and just as we came up over the last rise; there, spread out before us were white sand dunes, beautiful blue water and darker blue water on the reef with white tipped waves rippling over the coral. A Touch of Paradise!!
I’ll leave our Whale Watch tour, which included snorkelling (yes I did it) that we enjoyed so much this morning for someone else to tell you about. I don’t have enough vocabulary to tell you. H & xxx