Day 105: Margaret River (Day 4)

Today we got up early and headed north towards Ngilgi Cave (near Yallingup) for an Aboriginal cultural tour provided by Koomal Dreaming. We learned about the local Aboriginal history of the area before we took the stairs down into the cave. Because it was school holidays the tour started at 8.30, which meant we had a bit of time in the cave to ourselves before it got busy. When we got to one of the bigger "rooms" in the cave Josh played the didgeridoo for us. It sounded amazing bouncing off the walls of the cave. Afterwards he left us to explore the cave on our own before we continued to the meeting place above ground to learn more about different Aboriginal tools and listen to a few more didgeridoo songs before finishing the tour.

After saying good bye to Josh, we drove further north through Dunsborough to the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse and Heritage site. We had lunch while being watched carefully by the local magpies, then wandered up the hill to the lighthouse. From the lookout we could see a few humpback whales playing in the water off the coast in the distance. We then had a look in the museum and learned about what is was like to be a lighthouse keeper.

Next we made our way to the coast near Yallingup. Here we walked down to Canal Rocks to watch the waves roll in and look in a few of the rock pools. We then back-tracked at bit to a carpark used the access "The Aquarium" (a water channel surrounded by rocks that protect it from the large ocean). From here we grabbed our snorkelling gear was walked down to the beach. Although the water was much colder than up at Ningaloo we had much better visibility. We saw a sea slug, an eel, lots of fish, and cool seaweed everywhere. By the time we were out of the water and heading back to the car it was getting late in the day.

Our last stop of the day was at Injidup Natural Spa. As it was almost sunset we did not go for a swim. Instead just watched the water rolling over the rocks into the pool, while Theo found lots and lots of crabs. It was a nice spot to watch the sunset.