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CARAVANNING & adventure
Kicking back at gorgeous Coral Bay
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swimming and relaxing
you must have portable facilities and supplies such as a toilet, shower, water, food and other necessities.
definitely return to in future, and maybe do more hardcore fishing.
around you in the clear shallow water.
But hey, this place was paradise, so you tend to relax and soak up the atmosphere and beauti- ful surroundings.
This was both amaz- ing and concerning, though funnily enough while snorkelling around Coral Bay we actually didn’t see any, which was fine by me!
It was a fantastic fam- ily destination because there were many oth- er families, so all the kids got to hang out to- gether, go snorkelling, swimming, play epic games of beach cricket and soccer, while the adults played Klop or Finska on the beach, with plenty of beers and even more laughs.
There are a number of camping options around Warroora, with beaches, bays and head- lands all options, and being in close proxim- ity to Coral Bay, it does give you the best of both worlds.
Spangled emperor can be caught quite close to the shore, and taste fantastic!
The author managed a few squid as a tasty entrée.
There are other beau- tiful snorkelling areas on adjacent beaches off Coral Bay, with a lit- tle more care needed because they are more exposed to weather and stronger currents.
If you have a car top- per, this is a fantastic place for it as you can just leave a tinnie sit- ting on the beach above the high tide mark and drag it down to the wa- ter for a fishing session.
You can have your own piece of paradise and not be too close to another caravan, and only a short car ride from a nice restaurant or pub.
We chose to stay at Warroora Station and had this as our base camp.
It is approximately 20km south of Coral Bay.
The fishing here was exceptionally good, with Raylene and I heading out to the reef edge, which was within sight of the caravan.
I hope this inspires you to explore and roam our beautiful country once restrictions ease.
There is a back track from Warroora to Coral Bay, which offers a lit- tle four-wheel-driving adventure up big sand dunes and over head- lands to amazing coves and bays with incred- ible outlooks.
With that we had din- ner sorted for the next few nights.
Get over to Coral Bay and Warroora and check out this lit- tle slice of paradise for yourself.
After buddying up with a couple of fellow travellers, who we now call friends, we had many great ventures and laughs exploring the dunes and tracks on the way to Coral Bay.
I went out for a few solo trips too, casting soft plastics on a bro- ken bottom and had an amazing time with big spangled emperor on light tackle, and the oc- casional huge one bust- ing me off in the reef, which added to the ex- citement.
Warroora Station was truly an amazing place to camp and for $100 a week for a piece of sand right on the beach, it re- ally was fantastic value.
I also managed to catch a few nice ca- lamari for evening en- trée.
The only catch was you need to be com- pletely self-sufficient – www.bnb shing.com.au
It really is an amaz- ing place that we will
Raylene caught this lovely trevally over shallow reef.
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