We hired a pedalo boat and went out on the bay. It was fun. We took a cruise on a big catamaran and saw lots of dolphins and turtles, but no dugong as it is the wrong time of the year. Everyone had a great time relaxing on the net on the boat (except Will who never sits still).
We got up early one morning to watch the dolphin feeding on the beach. People have been feeding dolphins at Monkey Mia since the 1960s when fishermen used to throw out the unwanted part of their catch. Now the feeding is done by the national park rangers. They only feed 5 female dolphins, and only give them a quarter of their daily diet to make sure that the dolphins still hunt in the wild. The crowd stood on the beach to wait for the dolphins to arrive. After about 20 minutes, one dolphin (Nicky) came into the shallow water with her 9 month old calf, ready to be fed. She was followed by two other dolphins - one was called Piccolo. Liv and Henry were picked out of the crowd to give Nicky a fish. Nicky snatched the fish out Liv and Henry's hands and ate it.
Will left some chips on the ground outside our caravan and we soon had a huge emu coming over to eat the left over chips. He was stalking around outside for ages and looked like he wanted some of Dad's risotto!
On the way out of Shark Bay, Dad took us to see the Stromatolites in Hamelin Pool. Stromatolites are made up of tiny organisms called Cyanobacteria and have been living for more than 3.5 billion years. They were the first living things to make oxygen. Shark Bay is one of the only places in the world where they still exist. They just looked like boring rocks.
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