Day 76: Cape Range National Park (Day 2)

Today there was a lot less wind so we drove down the coast to Osprey Bay to go snorkelling again. This location had fewer reef structures and more sea grass areas but we still saw lots of fish. There were large schools of some type of trevally (bigeye?) that we followed around for a while looking for turtles as Osprey Bay is known for having a resident population.

John saw a few green sea turtles just before he came in for lunch but the rest of us didn't have any luck. After a break for lunch we went back into the water to see if we could find those elusive turtles. It took Theo and I a little while but eventually we found one (John saw another two before us - he must be the turtle whisper of our family). Olivia also got to see her first turtle as she missed the one we saw yesterday.

Once we were all worn out we piled back into the car and drove further south to Yardie Creek to have a look around. When we pulled up we noticed a large osprey nest on the bank of the river. We jumped out of the car to watch the two parents and a chick on the nest for a while. We also spent some time watching a few wrasse (fish) from a small dock on the river. On the way home Theo spotted two (a mum and joey) black-footed rock wallabies along the side of the road.

Back at camp we had a quiet afternoon before watching the sunset on another day.