Monkey Mia Magic! By Caitlin

We got up really early to see the dolphins at Monkey Mia on Monday. We each ate a piece of fruit and then left before the sun was fully up. There were a few animals on the track, which we had to slow down for and a slight difficulty with the park air compressor as dad was pumping up the tyres, but eventually we arrived at Monkey Mia. Soon we were up to our shins in freezing water, waiting for the dolphins to come. And they did! They were just wonderful rolling on their sides and swimming right up close. Then they fed them, but unfortunately none of us got picked out of the crowd to feed them.

The pod on the way in

Checking out the crowd

After the dolphin experience we were extremely hungry so we went to the resort to have breakfast. There was a big buffet and we piled our plates with bacon, eggs, pancakes, fruit and pastries! As we were walking back towards the dolphin feeding area, two emus strode across our path – Weird! There was another dolphin feeding going on so we decided to join it. This time, Grace and I did get picked to feed the oldest dolphin, Nicky. Just as I was about to give Nicky the fish, however, Rogue, the unbelievably naughty pelican stole our fish, much to Nicky’s annoyance, as well as ours. Rogue is so famous she is on some of the postcards!

The girls feeding Nicky

On our second try, Nicky brushed against me as she took the fish from us. She felt so soft and smooth and rubbery. The crowd dispersed and then we saw Paul and Sue. And so we meet again. We sat on the sand and walked onto the jetty to watch a turtle and see the boats come and go. Just then one of the emus we saw earlier came onto the beach. Then the most bizarre thing happened.  The emu started rampaging at the seagulls, sending them flying into the water.  It ran through the pelicans too and was particularly nasty towards them.  I can just imagine him thinking, “My beach, My beach!” Then Mr Emu stalked around each group of people like a policebird.  Strange.

Crazy Emu

I like turtles!

Finally we went back to the cars but Grace didn’t want to part so Paul and Sue obligingly took her to Denham with them for lunch. Meanwhile we went to camp back at the beach at Big Lagoon and I painted the landscape in front of me. Paul and Sue arrived with Grace, bearing ice-creams for Lachie and I as well. We spent the remainder of the afternoon together, which was great.