Mackenzie : today we left Coral Bay and went to Exmouth. We setup the caravan. After that we went to the pool. We went into town and it is a bit small but a lot of shops. After that we went back to the pool. For dinner we had tuna pasta and then we watched Monkey Magic.
We left Coral Bay quite early this morning, there were no tears shed as we farewelled the sand. We have had an amazing time here, this holiday is turning into a bit of a swimming trip. We only had about 130kms to travel so it was a quick run to Exmouth. We only stopped along the way to look at the enormous termite mounds, these things are unreal and its hard to fathom that such a small creature could create something so big. We got to Exmouth and got to our site and guess what.....yep sand. Dan was about to have a heart attack, this time he didn't even turn the engine off before ringing the office and asking for a different site, they were very accommodating and gave him the pick of the area. We got a lovely grassy site and harmony was restored! You wont believe that the park has a sign up at the back where we are saying Dog Park. Just in case we had forgotten that no one like us dog people. Funnily enough this is the only section of the park that has caravans in it. It is a gorgeous park and the grounds staff and people in the office are lovely. It is called a resort and the swimming pool is straight out of a travel brochure, it is amazing and nearly 3 mts deep at one end. We set up in record time today with the kids doing more work in 10 minutes than they have the whole holiday, the lure of the pool had taken hold of them. We all headed to the pool and it was just as great as it looked, warm and crystal clear, it had a waterfall that cascaded in front of the restaurant and was surrounded by palm trees & frangipani trees. It was a beautiful setting. We had some lunch and headed into town. There was some great shops, they were all in a strip, a newsagents, bottleshop, bakery, dress store, chemist, booking agent for tours, 2 IGA's and 2 surf stores. What? 2 IGAs, ones called IGA Exmouth, one is IGA Ningaloo, 10 steps away from each other??!!! I've said how many IGAs there is over here but 2 in the same set of shops is unbelievable, think of Parkhill Plaza in Berwick and picture 2 supermarkets and 2 surfstores. We came back to the park and went for another swim till dark and then headed back to cook tea. We decided we had to try the gelato at the Italian restaurant, when we got out of the pool there was a few tables eating by the time we went back for gelato the restaurant was full to the brim and doing just as many takeaways, Dan was hooked and made a booking for the following night. The gelato was yum with a capital Y. We all had something different and Bentley of course sat like the good boy he is (when a treat is involved) and got to have a lick at the end. Oooohhh almost forgot the boys had buzz cuts today, the heat had got too much for both of them and Fletcher got a number 3 which is pretty much his normal and Dan a number 1, the 1st time I've seen Daniel without his moussed down hair. Daniel says to the hairdresser "it doesn't make my head look so big, she totally agreed and so a conversation went on about how it slims his face and head. I was still in shock and couldn't even say how ridiculous their conversation was, Mackenzie was horrified when he walked out of the salon. It actually suits him but will take me a while to get use to my new husband.
What a lovely place to be staying,looks like a gorgeous resort style park.Enjoy.Love you,me xx
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