Cape Peron, Shark Bay World Heritage Area

David drove 50kms on this track which varied from the sunken tyre tracks to a number of sections where he had to negotiate kilometres of deep sand driving to reach Cape Peron in the Shark Bay World Heritage area. We had been told that it was a good place to see the protected Dugong a large grey mammal.












The cliffs of Cape Peron are red and rugged, contrasting with the snow-white beaches and brilliant azure and aqua blues of the Indian Ocean waters.



























Just as we were about to leave and head back to camp we were thrilled when a dugong was spotted in the sea and it swam to the shallow water below us. We had a great view as we watched it feeding and coming up for air for the next thirty minutes. It finally swam back out to sea and disappeared from sight. We also saw a couple of manta rays drifting along the coastline.