0740 (13988 km) Breakfast of toast. Left to go to Monkey Mia again - about 2o minutes drive away.
0800 (14015 km) Monkey Mia. Saw dolphins come in again, but only 1 got fed today. . We watched a movie - Dolphins, The Wild Side. It showed how dolphins were not always the friendly, playful mammal in the general view. They are really intelligent predators that will do whatever it takes to get a feed.
1030 (14015 km) Went on Aristocat 2 boat cruise. Went to Blue Lagoon Pearl Farm on a floating pontoon. They demonstrated how a pearl was seeded. We were also shown the other interesting shapes, like a heart shape, dolphins, jewelry, etc. and how they were made. We were also introduced to a water cleanser product that was used on the farm. Looks interesting and it could be used in the turtle pond back home.
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| A shy docile dugong coming up for a breath |
1200 (14015 km) Left the pearl farm. Saw dolphins and they were swimming with the catamaran boat, one on each side. Quite impressive how they just keep in front of the boat. Saw a turtle floating on the surface and when it saw us, it dived under. Then we got to the dugong area where all the sea grass grew. There were a few dugongs in the area including a mother and her calf. The Shark Bay area houses about a tenth of the world's populaiton of all dugongs. Had sandwiches for lunch.
1245 (14015 km) On the way back, we went boom netting. We sat in a net on the back on the boat and the boat sped along, washing us in the net. Woo hoo!
1340 (14015 km) Left Monkey Mia.
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| Anyone seen curly fettucine before? |
1400 (14038 km) Little Lagoon. More shells to collect. Had a quick look at the four power windmills. It generated 40% of Denham's power. Went to Visitor Centre and the kids played in the playground.
1515 (14044 km) Caravan park. Had early dinner of Curly Fettucine Bolognaise.
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| Ming Han's fishy |
1900 (14045 km) Fishing at the jetty. We could see lots of fish and squid and even a sea star in the clear water. We saw a multitude of marine life that were caught by the various people on the jetty - fish, squid, shovel nosed ray, sea snake, stingray. MH caught a Tarwhine (silver bream) and it was legal size so we kept it for dinner the next night. Went to one of the many fish cleaning stations on the beach to clean the fish.
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