Actually Topside 0 is a bit unkind. The desert around Exmouth is awe-inspiring as many deserts can be. Exmouth itself was an interesting if not classically attractive town. (Now that is being polite!) But it was an interesting community and welcoming.

But it is underwater where the the real richness of this coast is found . The reef and reef life is profuse and intense. I remember in particular the number of sea snakes, a big manta ray and whales breeching in the distance seen from the dive boat. And even better than that was the diving on the Navy Pier. Big shoals of fish, wobegones, and much else that I can’t remember, all amid a mass of piers and pylons. And now I hear that you can’t dive there anymore, like the Salt Pier in Bonaire. A bit more fun spolit.