Monkey Mia & Shark Bay

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After being rained in in Denham doing nothng but drink watch movies and play volleyball its certainly good to be out!

The weather is still real cloudy but its dry, we go to Monkey Mia at 8am to see the dolphin feed, ah my god its horrid, there's about 100 people all lined up 3 thick along the sea shore which is quite choppy & loaded with seaweed. Everyone has to stand upto their knees in the weed watching for the dolphins coming past. After half hour, the bucket is empty & the dolphins are gone. Its back on the bus now, we return to Denham (ah please let me outta here!) to pick up the others then go to Ocean Park to see the shark feeding. Its like a small aquarium with turtles, sea snakes and a shark pool which reminds me of the one in Deep Blue Sea. If only the sharks were like that. There's a few reef sharks, 2 which died this morning due to the cyclone rain diluting their salt water and killing them, quite sad. We spend about an hour feeding the fish then get back on the bus for the long drive to Coral Bay.

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We stop off in Canarvon for fuel & water then plod on. We eventually get to Coral Bay about 7pm, check in and go for pizza then beers and champagne on the beach. Its not as nice a beach as i imagined & the Coral Spawning certainly does get the back of the throat, it hums!

We stay on the beach drinking and chatting till late then bail out into my 10 bed dorm... nice. There's a young Canadian girl who's backpack seems to have exploded in front of the door and the full length of my bunk... i think i'm gonna have to run and jump to get up top and sleep!