Shark Bay Adventure

Just returned from a week on Shark Bay, a day's drive north of Perth on the west coast. We towed the boat up and ran the shallow waters of the bay. Swam with dozens of manta rays and dolphins, scuba'd with tropicals on coral reefs, and spent half a dive with a potato cod larger than myself; on the surface saw turtles, dugongs and sea eagles. Climate change is effecting the bay, recent cylcones have buried some reefs in sand while removing the beaches from several promomtories. Had some great dinners in Denham: at The Old Pearler, a restaurant made of blocks of naturally occuring compressed seashells, and at The Old Jetty where we had Mango Snapper with crusted prawns. It was my fifth trip to Shark Bay, it just keeps getting better.

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