Sunset Camel Ride on Cable Beach

On March 25, 2011 Kate and I (along with another 8 or so couples, some younger, some older, some anniversaries, some singles) took a sunset camel train ride on Cable Beach. We rode the lead camel, Horris, who is an old hand at this game. He's from NT and has been in several movies including "Australia" of course. Weather was perfect with a stunning sunset. Today it's cloudy so we were lucky to have gone when we did.

There are three different companies who all conduct tours at the same time and for a similar cost. Ours was the "Ships of the Desert" and lots of fun. There were 9 camels who patiently put up with the punters on board. The crew of four had a couple from France, a young woman from Turkey and the captain, another young lady, whose family owned the company.

We took lots of photos, they took photos, and they even took photos with our cameras -- this is one with our camera. We bought a package of three photos they had taken. I asked about getting digital copies and the captain said sure, just contact us from their web page. I did and they kindly supplied a bundle of great photos they had taken.

We had quite the conversation with the guide from Turkey who, like us, loves to snorkel. We had snorkelled at many of the same places including the Ningaloo Reef at Coral Bay and Exmouth (we agreed that Coral Bay is the best) and, big surprise, Magnetic Island on the east coast!

The captain told us that she swims at Cable Beach all year round. Signs warn us this is not prudent. It's currently the season for nasty stingers -- Box Jelly Fish and Irrikanji can do real damage. We haven't seen any but are reluctant to venture into the water even with our full skins (ie. body suits). The captain says we should give it a go .... you'd have to be very unlucky to get hit by a stinger. Mind you, you'd require hospitalization if you were unlucky.

Weather is very warm. Our room at the Pearl of Cable Beach is a wonderful retreat. A joy after some of the places we've had along the road.