Monkey Mia
Trip Start
Dec 23, 2007
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Trip End
May 30, 2008
Monkey Mia,
Australia
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Okay ..... my favourite place so far. Always knew it would be. The beach was brilliant, the dolphins, spectacular, the yacht, awesome. Want more ... okay, the dudongs were sensational and the turtles amazing.
Loved every minute of this stopover. I arrived in the afternoon and was out on an evening sail on the 'Shotover', a 60 foot catamaran, around the coast of Monkey Mia to watch the sun set. Saw a huge, and I mean huge, turtle while cruising. The guide thought it would have to be at least 100 years old. He hadn't seen one so large before. A nice way to start I thought.
The following day I took to the catamaran again, this time for 4 hours, sailing through restricted access dugong management zones looking for this amazing mammal
Dolphins
. We were lucky enough to see numerous, including a mother with her calf. Ugly looking things really! These dugongs feed on sea grass which is plentiful in Shark Bay. Approximately 10000 dugongs live in this area which represents about 10% of the world's dugong population. While cruising along we also were joined by dolphins who played delightfully beside us. We stopped and dropped anchor in a bay some way around the coast for a swim off the Shotover, before heading back to the resort. Tough life for some. Certainly not for me that afternoon!For more than 40 years Monkey Mia has attracted schools of dolphins to its tranquil shores daily. I had the pleasure to get up close and personal with the dolphins each morning at the regular resort feeding program. Both mornings I hand fed dolphins and took about a million photos!
On the way to Monkey Mia I stopped in at Shell Beach. You guessed it, the beach was made up of small cockles, a natural renewable resource in the bay. I just took 5! I don't think they will be missed.
Comments
Great place
Looks wow, place to live
Dolphins
I also could live there ...........