Monkey Mia

Bex Snorkeling with dolphin - Monkey Mia
Originally uploaded by Hol Riz.

Our first stop in the search for warmer weather north of Perth was the Pinnacles, mis-shapen Limestone pillars strewn across the desert where the land around them had eroded away. We spend an hour exploring these structures, some of them amusingly phallic, which was a welcome break from driving through vast and featureless landscapes. We then ploughed onward, until we could drive no more, to the seaside resort of Monkey Mia, famous for its pod of friendly wild dolphins who come right up to the beach for daily feeds. Unfortunately Hollands leg was still healing and he was unable to swim but we did take out a glass bottomed boat for two, with a tiny electric engine, and zoomed around the off-shore weeds for half an hour. Aside from a pretty beach, the dolphins were really the only thing to see at Monkey Mia. Snorkelling from the beach in search of other marine life, Becky only saw sand and seaweed, although she did manage to miss seeing a dolphin which had taken an interest in her and continually swam away from it as it followed her splashes much to the exhasperation of Holland who could see it clearly from the beach. We ended up spending a peaceful 2 days here watching the feeding sessions, playing chess and occasionally spotting emus striding through the campground. The emus got a bit feisty one day and one of them chased Holland with it's mouth open as if to bite him on the butt! :D