15 September 2009

Days 9-10 Denham (Shark Bay)



Very very windy here, the annexe was bouncing around all night in the wind.  Monday morning bought more wind and it was a really cold wind, reminded us of Busselton but a tad warmer.  Tuesday is a magical day - no wind! hooray!  and it is warm, tshirts and shorts first thing in the morning.  The park is thinning out with caravanners although it seems there must have been a couple of vans camped outside as they are in already this morning.  Today we visited Ocean Park 8kms outside of Denham. Ocean Park is an ecotourism venture owned and run by marine biologists.   They have many wild fish including 2 tiger sharks, lemon sharks and sandbar sharks plus pink schnapper, groper, turtles, sea snakes etc. 


 It was very very interesting and worthwhile.  They catch the fish with hooks put them on display and release them and catch a new lot.  This is justified as a means of learning about the fish in a close up environment.  They are certainly very passionate about the fish and very knowlegeable.  We will try and include a video.  On the way home we went to a lookout and saw two emus on the beach, something we've not seen before.  We are also seeing some pretty wildflowers.  After such a beautiful perfect day we weathered a storm tonight, lots of rain and more wind.  The annexe made it through, hope it it dry by the morning when we have to pack it.

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