Day 76 - 77 Dolphins, Dolphins Dolphins!

Kate: Monkey Mia would be the perfect place to stop if the weather was warm and sunny but unfortunately we had 4 days of wind and rain. Patches of sun but overall not great. We were hit by a storm one night where we felt the van swaying every huge gust. (We were only 4 vans away from the beach). Fortunately the heavy rain stopped just as it was starting to drip into our pop out bed!

The whole dolphin feeding experience is heavily regulated by the rangers and in fact only a few people are picked to actually feed the dolphins. We went two days in a row and I was picked on the 2nd day which meant J & M scrambled next to me to "help"! It was still pretty cool standing in the water so close to a dolphin. Dinner in the "famous" Pearl Luggers Restaurant, made of shell bricks and also Australia's most westerly restaurant.

Jasper: The dolphin feeding was a bit crowded and there were only a few people that got picked but it was awesome when we did get to feed them and it was cool because the dolphins were so close to us. But then there was that horrible weather that made us all have a bit of cabin fever.

A very controlled feeding of the dolphins on a stormy morning - where's that
 aqua coloured water that's in the brochures?

Em's favourite animal - the dugong

Nicky

Second try on day 2 - Kate was picked!!!!

An afternoon on the nearly tourquoise water

Captain Maddy

Weather deteriorating again - boo hoo

Dinner at the Pearl Luggers Restaurant - made of shell bricks