Its the colours that astound the most. Predominately oranges of many shades and tones that bleed into reds and golds. Photos cannot perform the task of capturing these extraordinary hues. Then there are the blues. Shades ranging from the lightest aqua to deep dark ocean blue.Nature abounds. Mother whales with babes traveling close, come in near shore and play. Turtles are frequent and the fish - well Cape Leveque is a fishers paradise! Snakes, lizards,birds and f...

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've been in Shark Bay now for almost a year! The time has absolutely flown. Of course we've already squeezed in an overseas trip (see previous entries on the Caribbean November/December 2012).It seems the right time to add an album of photos taken over the year that show some different perspectives of the World Heritage area we call home.Enjoy.  

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...