I was asked to write an article for the local newspaper ¨The Inscription Post¨ about the Dolphins and below is what I presented. Hope you enjoy. A RANGERS DOLPHIN EXPERIENCES Starting on a large wheatbelt farm, then working with Marine Life for four years in Coral Bay and finally travelling to a large number of the worlds iconic wildlife wilderness experiences, was a pretty good introduction to working with Monkey Mia's Dolphins, or so I thought.As exciting as...

We may live in paradise 24/7, here in the Shark Bay World Heritage area, but the weather is just (very occasionally) not the "paradise ideal". A case in point was two storm systems (from North and South) meeting at Shark Bay last year, that whipped the normally calm waters of the Monkey Mia beach into thrashing waves and a record breaking high tide.Other pictures in the album of this blog show the numerous different faces of Monkey Mia, from many early sunrises (...

 "You must have zee best job in the vorld! 'ow did you get a job like zis?" exclaims the backpacker volunteer in a lilting accent to Avan. "I tink I want your job!"What is this job coveted by the young attractive female backpacker? Well it is knowing the dolphins at Monkey Mia by name, personality and fin markings. It is working with the dolphins, with a lot of the day spent outside, on a dreamily beautiful beach chatting to travellers. It is working in the...

The dolphins of Monkey Mia are known all around the world. When we were travelling overseas and said we came from WA, Monkey Mia was almost inevitably mentioned. Well, that was if they had ever HEARD of Western Australia - many haven't! We got to see the dolphins at close range on a beautiful clear, hot sunny Australia day and enjoyed the experience again.Postscript: We were not to know this visit that in 2012 we would move to Shark Bay and Avan work with th...