Was another pretty laid back day yesterday, mostly because of the heat. Was supposed to be 36 degrees, but as we got into the car to drive to the aquarium, the car said it was 39!!!
We visited the aquarium and got to see lots of cool fish, eels, a sea snake and sharks!!
Was very interesting and different to your regular aquarium, as the guides are Marine Biologists and take you around to each tank pointing out the various fish and talking a bit about them.
They even had a very cool looking Stone Fish, which the guide said can be found near the entrance to the little lagoon. They are very poisonous and Fi was very clear that we wouldn’t be returning to Little Lagoon for a swim no matter how nice it looked!!
They also have a large lagoon at the Aquarium that is full of sharks. There were two types of sharks that are common on the Reefs around here, Lemon Sharks and Whalers. The feeding was very cool as the sharks came right out of the water to grab the bait.
Afterwards we headed back into town for a bite at the cafe we visited the first day we were here. The lady at the Cafe said the kids were so well behaved the two times we visited that she had to give them a prize. They all got a little Gekko magnet each, although the magnet had broken off by the time we left, so we quickly hurried the kids out before the lady could see.
Next stop was Shell Beach for a paddle in the water to cool off. The entire beach here for about 120km is covered in tiny shells. In some places they are 10m deep! We all had a paddle in the water, and scoured the beach to see who could find the best shell.
In the end we had to agree that they were all the best shells, as everyone of them was different and we all liked different things about them.
On the way back from Shell Beach, we stopped into Eagle Bluff where they have built a boardwalk off the side of the cliff overlooking the shallow water below. The water is so clear that you can spot the marine life from the cliff, and we saw Sharks, Turtles and Shovel nose rays.
The sharks were only tiny, about 50cm in length. At the Aquarium we learnt that hundreds of these sharks can be seen in the waters some days as they come into the shallows to bask in the sun.
These sharks are harmless, but when the French surveyed the area hundreds of years ago, they didn’t know any better, thinking all sharks are dangerous and named the bay Shark Bay.
We didn’t spend too much time at the bluff as we were chased back to the car by the flys, and so headed back to the caravan and spent the rest of the day on the beach, watching as the sun slipped into the west.
We have enjoyed our time here, but now we must hit the road again as we travel another 7 hours in the car to Coral Bay to see Ningaloo Reef.
