Day 67 Thursday 18th August

Day 67 Thursday 18th August

Today we were all visiting Monkey Mia to see the dolphin feeding and so we were up very early as we needed to  be there by 7.30am. We had pre-purchased our tickets hoping to avoid a delay at the entrance but it didn't make any difference. The dolphin feeding is extremely well controlled to ensure the dolphins are still able to catch there own fish out in the wild. Only 5 female dolphins are fed but the others still come in to play. Lyn was very lucky and was chosen to feed one of the dolphins. After the first feeding, Paul, Heather, Hanna and Ray headed back to Denham to collect their vans and visit the Shark Bay Aquarium. We stayed on to watch a second feeding of the dolphins from the jetty. We were standing next to 2 young women who were taking observations of the dolphins who had come into the bay. Following this we had a coffee at the cafe overlooking the bay and resort. We headed back and collected our vans. From here we travelled to a beautiful freecamp located on the banks of the Murchison River. This spot had many clean, chemical toilets and several dump points. We arrived around 3pm and about an hour later, Paul, Heather, Hanna and Ray arrived. They had had a fantastic time at the Aquarium having a young marine biologist giving them excellent commentary regarding the different marine life in the tanks. It was starting to cool down so we decided to have a fire. Fire pits were provided everwhere and we had surrounded one of these with the vans. We went searching for firewood and by dinner time had a beautiful warm fire. We cooked, spuds and corn in the coals of the fire and enjoyed a delicious dinner around the fire.