Denham and Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia is where we went to feed the dolphins, we waited about half an hour for them to come into the shallows. They apparently took their time because they may have been playing or catching a feed with a school of fish.

It was a perfect morning, no wind and the sun was shining. Unfortunately, the tide was out which makes the water a little murky and dolphins don’t always agree with that. Once they had arrived, buckets of fish were brought out for their feed. If you are one of the lucky ones to be chosen you were able to feed one of the five dolphins they feed. Three came in this morning, our dolphin wasn’t interested so we missed out on feeding her. They do bring their calves in but they are not fed, they need to be fed from their mothers and learn to hunt for themselves.

Later that morning we went on a cruise on a catamaran, to the black pearl farm and dugong spotting. We saw many dolphins, a few turtles and a couple of dugongs. Dugongs seem to eat and sleep most of the time, apart from when they come up for a breath. They are big fat brown lumps under the surface of the water. In the distance whales were spotted, so we went in chase of them, to see a mother and her calf gliding in and out throughout the water it was amazing.

That afternoon we drove back to windy Denham, boy does it blow here. Jumpers are coming out from under the bed, that is not a good sign. Now for the sights of Denham, we visited numerous lookouts, again the sand and water is stunning. Shell beach was great to see, it is covered in tiny little shells, and many people had written their names with them. We also went to the Aquarium where we were well informed about many different types of fish. They main event would have to of been the shark feeding, being able to see them up close and feeding.

Back to Denham where Jack is going to make his creation out of shells he collected from Eighty Mile Beach.