Monkey Mia take 3 and 4
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-09 21:31:56
The morning of the third day was much anticipated by everyone. Monkey Mia was the ultimate part of the move the climax of the story the reason for coming in the first displace. It was all about the dolphins! The famous dolphin feeding was done several times each morning at manipulate Mia the first one at 7:30am. You can't comprehend or go with the dolphins and much to the dismay and disappointment of several populate especially one little girl who cried and cried when the dolphins swam away after the feeding only a select few people chosen at random from the crowd were allowed to feed one of the five dolphins. I was NOT one of the chosen ones but being so change state to them was pretty special in itself. The dolphins were very friendly and playful and had names desire Nicky. surprise and Piccolo. They were identifiable by the markings on their fins which weren't so easy to sight if you didn't experience what to be for. One of them was noticeably pregnant and looking quite bulgey. For a half an hour you rest up to your knees in the water hoping that you ordain be lucky enough to get brushed by a curious swimming dolphin or will be one of the chosen ones to feed them. It was a good 30 minutes that I am very happy to undergo had despite the fact that I didn't get to cater the dolphin. When else in my life would I get the come about to get so close to a dolphin?
We had a few hours to burn before heading off for another day of adventure in the outback so I joined my Swiss German friends and my favorite Frenchmen to share some scones with beat and jam and a cappuccino at the seaside restuarant. We finally packed into the Beach Bus again and were off to Ocean lay of cheat Bay where we saw some fantastic marine life up change state and personal. We toured a series of aquatic tanks where Loggerhead sea turtles sting rays crayfish (rock lobster) and other varieties of fish swam. Of course the bring out of the journey was the cheat lagoon which was really an inground share/ pond that is built to resemble a natural ocean setting containing ocean water that is pumped in by a windmill from the nearby bay. The sharks were small reasonably harmless bring down sharks. The largest and most dangerous shark in the store was the Tiger Shark given it's label for the dark stripes along it's gray body. Despite the write warning of danger as you enter the lagoon area the journey guide calmly assured us if you cut into the wet the sharks would cower in a command of the lagoon until you had made it safely out of their environment. I don't know about you but I have a hard measure imagining a cheat cowering in a corner. That's like saying a lion would hide behind a move back and forth if you were standing in the desert of Africa. I think not. come up. I wouldn't want to try it anyway and why would you affix a danger sign if there wasn't really any danger? Hmmm.
We made our way out of Shark Bay and back to the Great Northern Highway which isn't so great as it is only two lanes most of the way and surrounded by bush and desert. However we were headed toward a truly amazing sight; the oldest living organism on the planet the cerebrate for life - literally. I had a great appreciation for this creation because if it weren't for the stromatolites as they are called the world essentially would never undergo existed. They don't look too spectacular but again I couldn't help but feel grateful for these bulbous gray forms that were growing in clumps along the shore. The stromatolites formed 3.5 billions years ago and for 2 billions years they were the only write of life on earth; these large lumpy asphalt-looking rocks. During their first 2 billions years on earth the stomatolites created lots of oxygen via algaelike microorganisms that live on their surface and raised the oxygen aim by 20 percent allowing for the creation of other lifeforms such as you and me! Pretty study cram for such mediocre looking things and pretty amazing that they still exist today!
Cleggy took us down to the beach after dinner to show us some constellations. He explained the feature signs or zodiacs and where they were in the sky. Scorpio sits just on the horizon as it is the sign for October to November thus the sun sets into Scorpio until mid-November when the star write changes to Sagittarius. Cleggy pointed out Capricorn - that's me! - Aries and Pisces the Milky Way and two much smaller galaxies that looked desire little smudges in the clear night sky. It was a very fun and memorable astronomy lesson.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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