23 October 2019

Monkey Mia

Got to Denham in Gutharraguda (pronounced something like gooda thurra gooda). Gutharraguda is the Malgana name for Shark Bay, meaning two bays. In 1616 Dirk Hartog was the first recorded European to get to the country. There are 3 language groups: Malgana, Nhanda and Yingkarta.

At Monkey Mia, we see the dolphin feeding. Fishermen gave them fish in the 60s and soon they took to regularly asking for more. Now in the mornings they come and a few ppl get to feed them. Marie got picked, so me her and Lou walked out to give a fish to Piccolo who's female so should it be Piccola?


They got reliant on the fish. Fewer young survived. Since 1994 the giving of fish is strictly controlled by Parks and Wildlife. 15 of 17 dolphin young survived now, as good as the wild.


Spent the afternoon swimming in the pool, then paddle boarding. It's not too hard. We were standing up after a few minutes and moving ok.

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