After leaving Kalbarri we headed towards Shark Bay, stopping off at the incredible Shell Beach, metres (10 m deep and up to 1 km wide) of tiny cockle shells lie adjacent to the crystal clear ocean. It was breathtaking. After lunch and a paddle we headed towards Denham, and Australia's most westerly caravan park. The wind was howling and we spent the night (in our unsheltered spot on a hill- great views though) praying that the canvas didn't give way. No damage, just some random washing underneath our van! We left early for Monkey Mia for the guaranteed 7.45am dolphin feed. Us and about 200 other tourists. It was jam packed but we still got to see some dolphins. We hung around for awhile and they did a second feed, this time with heaps less people. We got right up front with our toes in the water and the dolphins swam within a metre of us. Next up was an explore of the Francois Person NP to find out next camp spot. It was a rough road but we found a few amazing beaches. On one of the bays two dolphins were hunting in the shallows and wow did we get a show. Fish were literally jumping out of the water to get away from the dolphins who were rounding them up then chasing them with incredible speed. We saw the fight between one dolphin and a large fish and watched it enjoy its catch. A dolphin also caught a small whiting, bit its tail off then left it in the shallows. Daniel went in and picked it up, the poor thing was trying to swim but it was a bit hard with no tail. It is now going to end up as bait! Anyway the show we got was so much better then than the tourist show and it was just us and another family. No pictures though as we were waking up and down the beach following them and I didn't have my camera. We found a great place to camp but, after checking the weather forecast and finding the next four days were going to be gale force winds (35km +), we decided to head further north and come back on our way down. So off to Carnarvon it was.......
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| Shells as far as you can see |
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