We made it to the beautiful Monkey Mia, which although only
very small, had a stunning beach and of course what we’d been waiting for… the
dolphins!! We spent the evening relaxing, watching the final of the Australian
X factor (yes, it is better than the UK one!) in the bar, along with some
dinner and drinks.
We awoke early in the morning and headed down to the beach
for the first of a possible three dolphin feeds that day. We lined up eager to
get picked out of the line up to go and feed the wild dolphins on the shore
line by hand. Unfortunately, we didn’t get chosen and realised our choice of
clothing was far too none descript to get picked out of the crowd. So we went
back and adjusted our outfits, adding a pink bandana and black and white cap
with large wording written on it, in hope it would work. We were lucky enough
that the dolphins came around for a second feed and screamed a little in
excitement when the lady shouted out “lady in the black top with the cap”…
YES!!! The clothes change had worked, so Becky literally threw her camera at
the nearest person and we hurried over to hand feed the wild dolphins.
We hired a tiny glass bottomed boat for an hour and went out
on the ocean, just off the shore. We did more catching of rays than anything
else, but we were lucky enough for the dolphins to swim right past our feet!
From Monkey Mia we headed south again towards Kalbarri
National Park and stopped to check out what they call ‘Nature’s Window’… can
you see why?
The next day we decided to visit a different country. Yes,
you heard it right! We visited the ‘Principality of Hutt River’, founded in
1970. We got our passports stamped and a photo with ‘Prince Leonard’ the
founder. Apart from that though, there wasn’t much there, so we hastily moved
on.
As we headed through Geraldton, we passed their famous
‘leaning trees’, simply caused by the strong winds in the region pushing them
over.
‘The Pinnacles’ were next, another rock formation! We LOVE
rock formations!! This one was brought to life through the vivid colours of the
sand and sky. We were able to drive through them with the car too!
From ‘The Pinnacles’ we headed towards Perth, for a few days
in the city and a good night out. More from Perth soon,
Peace and Love,
Lyds & Bex
xxxxx
Lyds & Bex
xxxxx
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