The Monkey Mia dolphins

Wednesday 15th
As we left Monkey Mia on Tuesday we noticed a notice board that tabled how many dolphins came in, at what time , how many fed and who they were. Monday and Tuesday had very low numbers like 1 or 2 and only 1 feeding at a time yet the week before they were getting 16 at times with 5 feeding so I said to God "bring a heap of dolphins in tomorrow please". So we got up early and headed to Monkey Mia and the dolphins were already in the feeding area swimming around. There was about 10 to 15 which was fantastic, and this very quiet one named Nicky that swam up and down the shore line with the guy that was talking.

This is from Kimberly's camera as she was down in the water right where the action was. It was great listening to the guy as he knew a lot about dolphins and their characters and each different dolphin by name. They talked for a while as the volunteers were thawing out the fish. They first count how many dolphins come in then they work out how many fish they need by who came in that will eat. Some don't come and eat they just swim around.

This is Nicky who posed for Kimberly to take a picture.

This is Kimberly and Ethan feeding a dolphin. They just wait with their mouths open for you to drop the fish in.

This is Baylee's arm feeding a dolphin. About 4 dolphins came in to be fed while the others stay back at both the 8:30am and 9:30am feeds. We were very blessed. Amazing at how they have worked with these dolphins and have routine and set times of feeding that allow us to interact with them yet they still live as wild animals, capable of looking after themselves.

This is one of the many friendly emus walking away from us. He came right up to our towels there to see if we had any food! The kids spent a few hours swimming and playing in the sand while Tim and I slept in the sun.  So we headed off and stopped at Shelly Beach, a lot of shells.
THERE ARE FLIES. We haven't had flies for so long yet a few days before all of a sudden there are flies. Where the line is that they stop and start I don't know, they just appear!
Then we headed off out to the highway to our camping destination.
Along the road sides we saw heaps of sheep and goats. Coloured sheep and goats. Little kids with their mums. Right next to the road. There were signs of cattle but we hadn't seen any thankfully.