Tuesday 5 May and Wednesday 6 Monkey Mia

We ignored all Sam’s doom and gloom stories and were excited to arrive at Monkey Mia as we had heard wonderful things about it. It really is a lovely place. Great weather, crystal clear waters and dolphins gliding along the foreshore several times a day.
We all went down early for the dolphin feeding and were confronted with a mass of other tourists. The kids managed to push through to the front and enjoyed the dolphins less than one metre away. Well, I though they enjoyed it but when I said we were heading down to the next feeding half an hour later, Nick said “Why do we have to watch a bunch of dolphins eating fish”. They would rather have been in the pool and reluctantly joined Sue and I for the next feeding. Lara and Nick got selected to hand feed the dolphins, and even Nick had a smile on his face afterwards. Saw a heck more pelicans on the bech after the dolphin feeding than we had at Kalbarri. I guess they hadn't all headed to Lake Eyre
Mid morning, after some hard bargaining by Sam and me, we went for a Catamaran cruise around the bay. Kids had a ball riding in the boom net at the back of the boat. Pulled up at an oyster farm to learn a little about pearling, then cruised the bay looking at Dugongs (sadly all the photos Sue took of them looked like large floating turds!), Sea Turtles and a few dolphins.
Kids spent the remainder of the afternoon in the pool and spa. I don’t know about you, but a spa full of 7 small children doesn’t seem like the place I would want to spend anytime. Not surprisingly, they had the spa to themselves.
We had a late afternoon walk along the beach and saw more dolphins, turtles and a beautiful sunset. Not a bad life.