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September 24th 2009
Published: October 22nd 2009
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September 25th: After a very long overnight bus ride (actually, three bus rides because of transfers), we finally arrived in Monkey Mia around 7:45am. Monkey Mia is located on Shark Bay, and isn’t even a town, just a resort. It’s famous for the wild dolphins who visit the shore every morning to be fed, and they have been doing this for the past few decades. The only dolphins who are fed are fo... Read Full Entry



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Sunset Cruise - 3

An artsy photo with the moon.
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Sunset Cruise - 4

Hill and I with our promised sunset.
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Beach

Plenty of beach to check out.
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Dugong Cruise

The cruise was actually on the very same catamaran as the sunset cruise.
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Dugong Cruise - 2

No need for jackets this time!
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Dugong Cruise - 3

The dugongs actually got right up to the boat!
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Dugong Cruise - 4

The dugongs are often called sea cows because they spend the majority of their time eating sea grass.
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This was the best we saw of one as it came up for air. Lol
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With the dugongs no longer in sight, Hillary satisfied her curiosity about the animals with the on board information manuals.



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