Blogs from Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 6

Well we all had a good sleep and headed off from Nanga bay and went to investigate Shell beach, here the beach was covered in shells and the odd green bush type plant. The shells are washed up from sea onto the beach they say it is around 30 meters deep, their is a quarry to the left of the beach and they chop blocks of the crushed shells and use then for bricks and the dusty bits for chicken feed. The waters edge was so frothy but funny enough I did not get a good photo of this. Back into the van and our journey continues up north to Shark Bay, we arrived around lunch time and checked into the only camp site here so yes it was expensive. We headed straight for the beach ... read more

I have had my first dolphin feeding experience (and first argument) at Monkey Mia! The first dolphin feeding is at 7.30am - so I was up early and waiting on the beach at about 7.15am - getting what I believed to be a prime position. Two dolphins (which I later found out were mum and son) were already frolicking in the water. The younger dolphin gave everyone a little bit of a show by jumping out of the water several times - all was looking good! Then came the two silly old biddies - they must have each been about 75 in the shade, one would have thought that they would have learned some manners by now - who decided to come and push their way right in front of me. Being a cool, calm and ... read more

Dolphins at Monkey Mia Monkey Mia is famous for its Dolphins, which come to the bay every morning to feed. So up at the crack of dawn, we stumbled out the bedroom door to the beautiful aroma of stale beer…picking up the scattered playing cards and disguising our bloodshot eyes with sunnies we piled on to the bus. Arriving at Monkey Mia, which is one of the most pristine marine environments in the world, we lined up along the shore. Rangers were on hand giving an insight to these sociable animals as the females approached right under our feet. A lucky few were selected from the crowd, Alysha was disappointed when Merrin’s name was called and not hers. The dolphins are only given 6 fish each and there is a pecking order. They are so intelligent ... read more

Monkey Mia Kalbarri was a bit of a let down due to the drought of people. Didn't get to do the activities but did get to go up in a little plane at sunset which was good. All my own fault for not checking this all out before I left. By the way happy Easter to you all! Don't eat too much chocolate...i have a Kitekat that I've treated myself to. I am spending Easter at Monkey Mia - yeap the place with the dolphins. It really is like paradise. the dolphins really are just a foot or so away from you in the water and I got a great photo of one of them looking out the water right at me. Went out on a catamaran tour yesterday and just saw so much wildlife as ... read more

We had a full day in Perth on Thursday and we decided to go a bit on the wild side and do nothing! We found King's Park, a park with a very long history in these parts, and took a nap. It was hot...it was sunny...it seemed like the right thing to do. They have a very cool bus system in the central part of the city, it's free for certain routes. So after our nap we had a mini tour ride, then found a movie and looked back on time well spent. This morning was a little different. It was time to go to Monkey Mia and spend some time swimming in the Indian Ocean with the dolphins. We arrived in the afternoon to some heat quite reminicient to the rock, sans flies! We did ... read more