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rent your snorkelling equipment, one of the recommended place
for family snorkelling is Turquoise Bay.
From Yardie Homestead you will drive 20 kms before you
reach the Milyering
visitor centre. You can stop there for a while, there is a
gift shop but more interesting are the displays, the audiovisual
facility and the library that contain a wealth of information
on the Marine Park.
It is also interesting to know that the centre is built
from rammed earth and is powered by solar panels. It is the
first totally environmentally friendly building of this type
in Australia.
 After this visit you will drive few
more kms. to reach Turquoise Bay.
Without 4X4 you have to leave your car in the car park
and walk for 10 to 15 minutes on the beach to reach a zone
where the stream is more adequate.
If you are with young children you must take care, at
some places the stream can be important.
From the place you have stopped, you just have to swim
about 50 to 100 meters and after that just relax and let you
drain by the stream, the reef is under you. Fish, small and
big, coral, ... all the incredible diversity you can have
on the reef is there, just under you.
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