Outback Road Trip: Day 2
I should've been dead tired from all that driving but I couldn't sleep that first night at Monkey Mia. The wind was so strong and was a lot colder than I ever expected. I'm lying there and wondering if we secured the top covering of the tent properly and if my sandals will be blown away by the wind. At one point, I even visualized where I would go look for my sandals in the morning. I went through all the possible outcomes and decided that there was only a slim chance that my sandals will be blown out to the ocean. That's basically what I did throughout the night and wondering if it was time to get up yet.
It was 7:30 am and I had already showered and finished taking down the tent. All that's left to do was to enjoy my breakfast and wait for the wild dolphins. Monkey Mia is the place to go if you want to swim with wild dolphins. We walked to the shore and went were everyone else was gathered around.
There were 4-5 dolphins just chilling a foot away from us. It was awesome. I was surprised that they would come so close to the shore considering they are wild. Apparently they allocate between 8-1pm for feeding time and the dolphins usually do come around 8am. They say that in the past 10 years, the dolphins have only missed a few feeding days. That's quite impressive. The water was fairly cloudy so I couldn't get any great pictures of them. Next time...
After that great start to the day, we decided to check out the surrounding attractions and town. We were on our way to the most western town in Australia when we came about this beautiful lagoon. The colour of the water was the most vibrant blue you'll ever see. It looked like something from a painting or something. It's a shame my camera broke down. Oh, that's also where we came face to face with some wild emus. I knew they attacked people so I was a little worried but then they ran away. That's right, they knew better than to mess with me. Yeah right, they probably figured that we weren't worth the trouble.
We walked towards the lagoon to get a better look at the lagoon and I found out later that it was a good thing we didn't step in the water. We later went to "Ocean Park", where they have built an artificial lagoon to rehab sick marine animals that people have found. Apparently the lagoon where we had just visited was filled with these stone fishes. They actually look like stones and barely move so they only need to eat every few weeks. When you step on them, you will experience extreme pain. It's not like getting bitten by a snake where it affects your blood stream and you have no control of it. These attacks somehow cause pain so it depends on your pain tolerance. People have passed out because they couldn't handle the pain and die. Guess what the cure is? Just put your foot in hot water. It's that simple.
Yeah so we saw quite a few marine life that day. From dolphins to sharks to my favourite, the turtles...and I can now say that I've been to the most western town in Australia.
After all that, there was only two more hours until sunset. We better get a move on to our next destination if we want to get there before the sun sets.
It was 7:30 am and I had already showered and finished taking down the tent. All that's left to do was to enjoy my breakfast and wait for the wild dolphins. Monkey Mia is the place to go if you want to swim with wild dolphins. We walked to the shore and went were everyone else was gathered around.
There were 4-5 dolphins just chilling a foot away from us. It was awesome. I was surprised that they would come so close to the shore considering they are wild. Apparently they allocate between 8-1pm for feeding time and the dolphins usually do come around 8am. They say that in the past 10 years, the dolphins have only missed a few feeding days. That's quite impressive. The water was fairly cloudy so I couldn't get any great pictures of them. Next time...
After that great start to the day, we decided to check out the surrounding attractions and town. We were on our way to the most western town in Australia when we came about this beautiful lagoon. The colour of the water was the most vibrant blue you'll ever see. It looked like something from a painting or something. It's a shame my camera broke down. Oh, that's also where we came face to face with some wild emus. I knew they attacked people so I was a little worried but then they ran away. That's right, they knew better than to mess with me. Yeah right, they probably figured that we weren't worth the trouble.
We walked towards the lagoon to get a better look at the lagoon and I found out later that it was a good thing we didn't step in the water. We later went to "Ocean Park", where they have built an artificial lagoon to rehab sick marine animals that people have found. Apparently the lagoon where we had just visited was filled with these stone fishes. They actually look like stones and barely move so they only need to eat every few weeks. When you step on them, you will experience extreme pain. It's not like getting bitten by a snake where it affects your blood stream and you have no control of it. These attacks somehow cause pain so it depends on your pain tolerance. People have passed out because they couldn't handle the pain and die. Guess what the cure is? Just put your foot in hot water. It's that simple.
Yeah so we saw quite a few marine life that day. From dolphins to sharks to my favourite, the turtles...and I can now say that I've been to the most western town in Australia.
After all that, there was only two more hours until sunset. We better get a move on to our next destination if we want to get there before the sun sets.
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