Gems you can visit from the Pilbara: Warroora Station

Warroora is not technically in the Pilbara, so therefore it cannot be classified as a "Pilbara Gem" but one could wager that it is even better. It is certainly one of the favourite places of my husband, and therefore warrants the 'gem' status.

Warroora is a working station along the coral coast of WA. It borders on the Ningaloo reef and is just south of Coral Bay. We went camping there this weekend - or a few weekends ago by the time this is published.

It blew a gale. We could do next to nothing which was disappointing. We did have a beautiful beach to ourselves - as my husband said it was either because it was an untouched spot or the weather was too lousy for anyone else to be there.

It's funny - we have been there before in April and it was hot as anything. This time we came prepared for heat - and met with wind. We knew it was going to be windy, but we went anyway to enjoy this beautiful place.

What it was good for was photo experimentation. The colours of the coral coast are incredible - blues, aquas and greens like you would not believe.

I took some of these panoramas - even with the 10mm, my lens was not wide enough to capture this beauty!

Elles Beach - Warroora. Canon EOS 50D f/13, 1/100 sec, ISO 200, 22mm. 3 photos stitched in photoshop. 

Maggies - our campsite. Canon EOS 50D f/10, 1/80 sec, ISO 100, 20mm. 3 photos stitched in photoshop 

The Lagoon - Canon EOS 50D f/13, I/160 sec, ISO 200 22mm, 3 photos stitched in photoshop