Written by Dr Andrew Forrest The Urala coast is where burnt orange earth meets bright blue water, near Minderoo Station in Western Australia. As a boy, I camped on the beach near the Exmouth Gulf and watched the Indian Ocean at night. For every star above me, there was a light on the water. I asked my dad why there were stars in the water, I thought they were only in the sky. He explained they were prawn trawlers.