The Overland Roadhouse is on the main road at the turn off to Shark Bay and it was where Campbell had to change a tyre as one went flat for no apparent reason. Campbell knew what he was doing and it was not long before we were making tracks into the World Heritage area. The Stromatalites was one of our first stops and the rock formations in the water are some of the oldest forms of life on Earth although neither Campbell or I found it all that exciting so we stopped for a quick look before continuing on.
While in Shark Bay we stayed at the Monkey Mia resort and caravan park which was the best choice. Monkey Mia is where people hand feed dolphins and it is touristy and there are lots of people. Its touristy though for good reason because it’s a really good spot. Every morning dolphin feeders go into the water and let people hand feed a fish to the dolphins which swim right up into the shallows. They feed three times a morning and its pot lock if you get picked to feed on the first morning neither Campbell nor I got picked we did though hear the same speech three times and learnt quite a bit about dolphins.
That evening when the crowds were not around the dolphins made their way into the shallows to collect food and they put on their own show for about one and a half hours. It was extremely cool as they were just going about their natural routine not bothered we were standing in the water. We got as close as we could without getting in their road.
The following morning we followed the crowds again to the dolphin feed. On the second feed Campbell got picked. We had almost memorise the interaction speech by that stage and so it was time to continue on.
It was windy and not real warm in Shark Bay so instead on camping on one of the beaches on the road out we decided to stop briefly in Denham then push on to Carnarvon where my friend Hayley works as a primary school teacher. While in Carnarvon we attended Hayley's school and spent a couple of hours with the students during sport. We also went out to the pub and where shown the sights of the town.
Carnarvon gets a bad rap from the people of Western Australia but I felt the town had a bit to offer. It has a large amount of plantations but there was not a lot growing as they were still recovering from some large floods late last year. Hayley also drove us out to the blowholes an impressive display of the power of the ocean. Just as we were about to leave Hayley spotted a whale and we spent the next ten minutes trying to spot it again.
Carnarvon is also a famous fishing spot in Western Australia so Hayley, her friend Jess, Campbell and I tried our luck off one of the bridges. Jess caught a small fish unexpectedly as we were using bread as bait.
Carnarvon is set between Shark Bay and Coral Bay. Two of the best tourist destinations in Australia and Coral Bay became our next destination.
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