Monkey Mia

Well after Coral Bay we kept moving south. The aim was to meet up with John and Joy Hogarth at Kalbarri but we had to drop in to Monkey Mia on the way for a look and catch up on some work online, a bit of a problem in around Coral Bay. We headed into the Monkey Mia park area and was allocated a spot there. The facilities are a little run down and the bays are quite small and undefined but we coped with that. We wanted to get our work caught up so did some long hours but also got up early to see the dolphins come in. This was a special experience for both of us and the photos don't do it all justice. On the way back to the van we decided to book onto the Shotover catamaran to see the Dugongs in the bay. We got the last two tickets and raced back to the van and worked our butts off to get our work done so we could get to the boat in time. The shotover turned out to be a great trip, I helped hoist the sails and we were off on this huge racing legend cat that had a number of items onboard for good luck that were from the Australia II yacht. What they were they wouldn't tell us for security issues. We managed to see some Dugongs and their calves feeding on the sea grass as well as dolphins and long neck turtles. It was good fun and I enjoyed being the spotter up the front, directing the crew and passengers to the faint brown shapes of Dugongs in the water. Monkey Mia is worth going to even though the park needs some attention, the bar is good though.