MONKEY MIA

 David catching up on his Sudokus

Briidgie and Mummy time

Bridget and her "Calep"

Tess and Tess at Monkey Mia

David and Ben feeding Nicky

Nicky at Monkey Mia

Ben, Bridget and Caleb feeding Puck

Ben, Bridget and Caleb feeding Puck

DAY 78 – MONKEY MIA                                                          Sunday, 18^th September

The Pattersons were off this morning to Kalbarri so they started to pack up while we took the kids down again to the morning feeding session.  Caleb is so good to Bridget.  A teenager getting out of bed to take Bridget down to the dolphins because she simply won’t go anywhere without him is pretty impressive!! 

So the three of them – Caleb, Ben and Bridget – lined up along the water hoping for their big chance to feed one of the dolphins.  Miracles of miracles – the volunteer asked them all to come down together!  I had Alanna’s great camera so sat on the pier taking photos.  They all fed Puck who, according to Bridget, already had her mouth open under water waiting for the fish.  Beth says they are very polite animals, gently taking the fish from their hands.  Not at all like Barramundi, who snap their mouths shut so hard they could snap off your fingers!!  We are so lucky that all of our kids had this great opportunity to come so close to such wonderful animals. 

After saying goodbye to the Pattersons, we went down for the third feed of the morning, and David was lucky enough to be chosen!  He took Ben with him which was fantastic.  We must look like SUCH a nice family!!  We went through the Interpretative Centre and watched one of the many videos on marine life which they play each day.  The kids find those documentaries really interesting.

The rest of the afternoon was spent doing some of the kids’ journals (we are now SOOO behind!).  Bethie was fantastic and has written up to arriving in Monkey Mia – the rest have struggled today to get past Karijini National Park.  I know it sounds ridiculous but there really isn’t very much spare time, especially when we are on the road.  When you don’t get into a town until 4 or 5 pm and then spend an hour setting up the site, the kids really are too tired to do much school work or even write in their journals.  But here I am – setting a great example, writing every day!

We spent some time this afternoon just sitting on the beach watching the kids play in the sand while Bethie wrote numerous postcards – she is such a legend!  The neighbours invited us in for a drink and the kids wrote a bit more in their journals, had a shower, ate dinner and went to bed.  Life is just so good!  Off to Kalbarri tomorrow.