Exmoth Wa, Western Australia
What an experience - swimming with the whale sharks at Ningaloo reef. We planned it but never thought it would happen. We had real trouble getting up to Exmouth as it was a public holiday and all the flights were taken, but we persisted and it happened.
We set off for the boat as 7:30 am, leaving shoes behind we waded into the turquoise sea to get to the boat (no piers in this part of the world). Careful negotiation of the fringing reef soon saw us in deeper ...