Monkey Mia – great life – retired got nothing on

The highway – again

Found a right hand turn onto this plateau lookout and couldn’t resist pulling out the drone for a look around. Such desolation amongst such beauty; well worth the delayed arrival at the next spot.

Denham

This little town is quaint and tidy. We had visited “shell beach” on the way to this town and found lots of areas are covered in cracked shells used as a driveway topping. One restaurant which looks like a disused church, appears to be built of these cracked/broken shells made into bricks like a stone walled building.

There appears to be a strong link between this town and the HMAS Sydney II which was sunk by a disguised German raider “dressed in Dutch medical ship colors”. The German ship headed towards the HMAS Sydney and, when close enough, attacked the HMAS Sydney destroying the front of the ship with a torpedo, sinking it in a very short time, without any survivors making it to safety. 645 Australian lives were lost.

Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia is world-renowned for its friendly dolphins which visit its shores almost daily.

Monkey Mia is a conservation park area that’s a must-visit destination for families and nature lovers alike. Best known as home to the Monkey Mia dolphins, famous for their ritual of swimming to shore most days to interact with humans, and who attract thousands of people to Australia’s Shark Bay region each year, Monkey Mia is also the perfect place to unwind and to discover the wonders of the surrounding area.

For some reason the dolphins were well behaved for us and did what their trainers told us they would do; come and show off to the visitors. They didn’t perform like sea world exhibits but gracefully swam in close to us.

Little Lagoon near Denham

We had heard there is a little lagoon that exhibits brilliance in color at various times when the sun provides a mean light at different angles on the lagoon. How else to capture that display than to “put up the drone”. (What a great asset to have while traveling!)

Eagles Bluff

This bluff is very cute in a way. The head of an eagle can be seen in the headland formation.

Kalbarri National Park – Ross Graham walk

Natures Window

Arguably the scene we have been waiting to be part of for a number of weeks whilst coming towards Kalbarri. It’s been useful holding back in our advancing towards Perth as fellow travelers have alerted us to “what’s coming up” in our similar itineraries from Darwin. I had a BIG warning of the terrain conditions coming up when walking towards this iconic showpiece amongst the treacherous terrain around the natures window area. The warning – BE CAREFUL ON THOSE POLES. (For those who haven’t been aware, I have a Traumatic Brain Injury which has confused the balance mechanisms in my brain. Walking is now more difficult than it used to be)

Anyway, we both made it. And a great feeling of accomplishment filled our minds for a few moments. Those around shared congratulations with one walker offering to film the moment for us. Thanks, whoever it was.

Close-by is the skywalk made up of two cantilevers hanging out over the cliff edge.