We got away early today and managed to see the Dolphin feeding at Monkey Mia. Around 4 or 5 adult dolphins turn up, some with their young, for a feed of fish. The young don't get fed, only the adults and they only get 20% of their daily food intake to ensure they don't loose their hunting skills. Every dolphin has a name and is identified by nicks and markings on their fin. Scientists from all over the world come here to study Dolphins, Dugongs, Turtles and other species - we saw two of them (from the US) running around with lists and recording various things about the Dolphins.
Andrea, Alexander and I were lucky enough to hand feed (see photo) the Dolphins with fish.Dolphins are very curious creatures, they turn on their side so one eye is out of the water, and then check out the crowds. A close encounter - well worth the visit.
Greg, the skipper of Aristocat 2 (the 60 foot catamaran we were on yesterday), invited us to come along for today's cruise as their was a good breeze blowing and he knew we like sailing. What a great cruise on a big cat powered by a 20kt breeze, we zoomed through the water at 12 knots. It's great to encounter a tourist boat operator who loves sailing!
Due to the unplanned cruise we had a late lunch back at the caravan before heading to Ocean Park where we had a great guide telling us all about (and showings us) marine creatures such as Sharks, Water Snakes, Squid, Cuttle Fish, Lobster and many others. This guide was amazing - a walking Marine Encyclopedia - and we had him almost to ourselves for over an hour.
Another 40km south and we arrived at Shell Beach, a very wide beach made of squillions of small cockle shells. On the way back to Denham we had a quick stop at Eagle Bluff to enjoy the great views and sunset. The sun was well down when we arrived back and both kids are now very tiered and ready for bed.
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