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February 21st, 2012 by Helen
All our holiday homes in Exmouth are subject to minimum night stays. Each owner decides what they feel is appropriate to their home and their requirements. None of our homes have minimum night stay requirements of under 3 nights.
Homes accepting 3 nights or more – Coral, Turtle and Marlin
Homes accepting 4 nights or more – Amberjack, Frangipani, Driftwood, Oyster, Jurabi, Tusk.
Homes accepting 5 nights or more – Mandu Villa
Homes accepting 7 nights or more – Cobia and Seabird.
Please note that on the cheaper homes there is a loading for shorter night stays to cover the costs of the cleaning of the home (which is the same cost regardless of whether you stay 14 nights or 3 nights.) Remember these are houses the same size as a full home, they are not hotel rooms, so they take time to clean in between guests, hence the additional costs.
We cannot accept one or two night bookings due to the low tariffs we charge and the high costs to maintain a home.
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Posted by Helen Tags: Accommodation, cleaners, coral, Exmouth, Exmouth holiday homes, Exmouth WA, Jurabi, Mandu Villa, marlin, Ningaloo Reef, Ningaloo Reef Holidays, Oysters, short stay accommodation, turtles, Tusk
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November 26th, 2011 by Helen
News just in.
Skywest Airlines will launch a new weekly service Learmonth – Paraburdoo commencing Monday 28th November 2011. This schedule will be extended to include additional Tuesday flights, effective 13 December 2011
Looks like they are departing Learmonth 8.35 am arriving Paraburdoo 9.35am and then returning Paraburdoo 10.15am arriving in Learmonth 11.15am.
Pricing starts from $159 one way. Bookings can be made on www.skywest.com.au or via phone 1300 66 00 88.
Great news for all our Paraburdoo holiday home guests wishing to get to Exmouth for a quick long weekend away. We would love to see you. We have holiday homes that accept 3,4 and 5 night stays, some even allow pets.
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Posted by Helen Tags: Accommodation, Christmas in Exmouth, Exmouth, Exmouth WA, Holiday accommodation, Learmonth, Ningaloo Reef, Skywest Airlines
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September 15th, 2011 by Helen
I thought this may be of interest to some of you who ‘were there’ during the cyclone in 1999.
UWA Long-term Recovery Research – Cyclone Vance 1999
We are team of researchers from the University of Western Australia that are conducting research into the various drivers, organisations and the total time it took regional Western Australian communities to recover from various natural disasters. The road to recovery after Cyclone Vance in March 1999 is of great interest to us. We are looking to interview any interested community members who are still in town and who were resident in Exmouth at the time of Cyclone Vance. We will be in town from the 26-28th September – so if you are available, please contact Helen Smith: helenwilsonsmith@gmail.com or 045 146 1202.
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Posted by Helen Tags: Clylone Vance, Exmouth, Research programme, University of Western Australia
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April 26th, 2011 by Helen
Nice big Ruby Jobbie
What a busy town Exmouth has been over the Easter break. There was not one room in any accommodation place available, nor were there even empty camp sites! As you can imagine the boat ramps and beaches were flat out too as the weather was ‘picture-perfect.’
At town beach before sunrise there have been schools of baitfish getting harassed by predatory species such as trevally and small queenfish. It is spectacular to watch and so is the sunrise! This coming week is good tides to be there and target the whiting, so make sure you have some prawn bait ready along with some small long shank hooks and a bit of berley for the whiting at dawn.
The fishing was a little slow over the Easter break. The full moon, biggest tides of the year and super-moon phase may have had something to do with it all. However, there were still reports late in the long weekend of mackerel, ranking, reds, and billfish by different anglers.
One tasty delight this week has been the run of yellow fin tuna off the cape. There have been several reports of large yellow fin in schools off the Muiron Island’s and the tip of the cape. The weed has been rather thick of late and trolling lures has been challenging, however, there has been some fish amongst it all.
Suze Gerovich and Taygen Dray were residents of Exmouth, working here at Bluewater Tackle for the last year. They, like so many others, stopped in Exmouth on a trip around Australia and ‘got stuck’. They have finally moved on with their travels, but will be back in around twelve months to settle in Exmouth. Before their departure they had a few days off around the west side chasing fish in the shallows, ruby’s out wide and billfish. The ruby fishing was sensational and pictured this week is Taygen with his first catch of ruby in deep water.
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Posted by Helen Tags: Accommodation, Bluewater Tackle, caravan parks, EGFC, Exmouth, Exmouth fishing, Exmouth Game Fishing Club, Holiday accommodation, tourists, Western Australia
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March 25th, 2011 by Helen
Records were broken before any boats hit the water for the Australian International Billfish Tournament last week. There were 67 boats entered: the largest on record. This also resulted in the largest number of competitors. The Exmouth Game Fishing Club are checking to see if they have also had more billfish tagged than any other AIBT event, with 114 tagged billfish. The billfishing was quiet for Exmouth standards, but only a handful of boats did not catch a fish over the three days. It was perfect weather conditions with the Exmouth gulf glassing off every day to make a great view for patrons at the Exmouth Game Fishing Club house.
It all began on the Tuesday morning with the Bertram Champagne Breakfast and sailpast flare start at the marina. All the boats lined up in front of the clubhouse and took off at once, while wives, sponsors and interested locals watched from ashore. Photographer Sascha Unger got some spectacular photographs from the Birds Eye View Ultralight and all the boats safely proceeded to start the days’ fishing.
The results were:
Champion Team Tag and Release Billfish: Aqua Runner-up Champion Team Tag and Release Billfish: Mahi Mahi II Champion Angler Tag and Release Billfish: Kurt Williamson Champion Team Tag and Release Billfish on Fly: Weapon Champion Junior Tag and Release Billfish: Michael Wunhym. Champion Team Tag and Release Marlin: Aqua Champion Team Tag and Release Sailfish: Catweasel The prizes were custom built rods from Matt Gates at
Bluewater Tackle World Exmouth with engraved Shimano Tiagra Reels for the main sections and engraved Tibor Reels for the fly-fishing section. The juniors were supported by Exmouth Tackle and Camping, while Aspen Parks picked up the fly section. Chevron representatives came to support the event, as did Simrad with a display of electronic units for anglers to see and ask questions. Kailis provided the seafood for the presentation dinner, while the event also attracted support from Exmouth Marina Village, Apache,
Sea Surface Temperature, Maui Jim, and Richter Lures. The whole community was invited to come down after the event to chat with the anglers on the Friday night at the clubhouse when the band Slim Jim and the Phatts played.
It was a great social night and the town is a buzz with fishing talk at the moment.
Pic is the flare start with the boats taking off for the start of the AIBT
AIBT cruise past
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Posted by Helen Tags: Billfish, Bluewater Tackle, EGFC, Exmouth, Exmouth Game Fishing Club, Fishing Report, Gamex, Sailfish
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January 18th, 2011 by Helen
When searching recently for some holiday home accommodation in Exmouth I found myself in the United Kingdom, forgetting we had neighbours accross the waters sharing our town namesake. It made me think how easy it is to get lost on the web when searching.
The new predictive search used by Google is a great way to save time typing, but it does not always lead you to where you wish to go. I have since opted for being quite specific when searching. For example: when looking for holiday accommodation in Exmouth I find it easier to type ‘Ningaloo” as apposed to Exmouth, the search engines take me exactly to where I want to go.
You can waste alot of time scrolling through unrelated sites (say for Exmouth) when you really wanted Ningaloo Accommodation…thinking outside the box!
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Posted by Helen Tags: Accommodation, Coral Coast, Exmouth, Exmouth WA, Holiday accommodation, Ningaloo Reef
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November 16th, 2010 by Helen
If you are coming to Exmouth during the Whaleshark season, April – September every year, you would be wise to think about your bookings now.
This is a spectacular event, and every year guests book accommodation with us, sometimes 10 months in advance, just to have the opportunity to swim with these gentle giants of the oceans.
However they fail to book their dives until they actually arrive into town, or only weeks prior. May I suggest that you plan your swim and dive as soon as you can. Do the research with the Whaleshark operators and get the best price and product for your needs.
There are no ‘duds’ amongst the operators and we have had great reviews from guests regarding all the dive companies in town. Some are listed below;
Ningaloo Whaleshark n Dive – www.ningaloowhalesharkndive.com.au
Ningaloo Blue – www.ningalooblue.com.au
Ningaloo Reef Dreaming – www.ningaloodreaming.com
Three Islands Marine Charters – www.whalesharkdive.com
Ocean Eco Adventures – www.oceanecoadventures.com.au
Kings Ningaloo Reef Tours – www.kingsningalooreeftours.com.au
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Posted by Helen Tags: Accommodation, Coral Coast, coral marine life, dive operators, Exmouth, Humpback Whales, Murion Islands, Ningaloo Reef, North West Cape, turtles, Western Australia, Whale sharks
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September 23rd, 2010 by Helen
Anyone who comes to Exmouth knows of the fantastic food and service you get at Whalers, it is the stuff of legends, and the new menu is the best ever, packed with local seafood. We have had guests staying in Coral and they have informed me that they had dinners planned all over town, but after one meal at Whalers, they cancelled all their other plans! Well done to Liz and Paul and the staff.
Enough platitudes! Geoff and I had a great night on Tuesday with the live music of Eli Wolfe. He is a one man guitar wizard and slowly driving down the coast in his Wicked Camper Van with Eli Wolfe artwork to match. Amazing guitar solos, blues rhythm, and all original work. A ‘must’ if you run into him on your travels.
Whalers have plenty of bands and solo artists coming to town throughout the year. check out their website www.whalersrestaurant.com.au for all the latest news. Make sure you book when you come to town 9949 2416.
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Posted by Helen Tags: coral, Eli Wolfe, Exmouth, Ningaloo Reef Holidays, Restaurants, Whalers Restaurant, Whicked Camper Vans
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August 17th, 2010 by Helen
The first of our home reviews, from the owners themselves.
“We purchased this home about 5 years ago now. I just fell in love with the simplicity of Exmouth and the ‘nothingness’. My husband just wanted somewhere warm to retire to sometime in the future. I had book reading and beaches on my mind, he had fishing.
It’s been a labour of love making our mark on this holiday home. I’m a little quirky and love ‘arty farty’ things, my hubby is a little more spartan! So we have struck a balance of his simple style, versus my clutter and chaos theory of decorating. With lots of colour and bits and pieces around this home I really hope you love it as much as we do.
Hubby is in charge of the garden, all that lovely greenery around the pond is all his handy work. It often gets out of control, the ‘dry garden’ is also out of control at times but there is always plenty of bird activity and even wildflowers at times. Lots of native plants and the most massive fragrant Frangipani tree!!
We call it ‘Turtle’ as we hope you will also enjoy the slower pace that a holiday in Our Exmouth House will provide you.”
Owners: Helen and Geoff
Geoff's pond Garden
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Posted by Helen Tags: Art, Exmouth, gardening, Home owners, our Exmouth House
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