Holiday Day 3: In the morning we went to the Shark Bay visitors’
centre, where photos, videos and text explain why the region is a UNESCO
heritage site. I was trying not to focus on the reptilian species on view, and
absorb all the interesting scientific facts.
After lunch, we went out looking
for those species at the Little Lagoon. We were warned about the spiky rockfish
when we went in, so we were a bit nervous, especially as the boys were playing
with the ball again and jumping around. The lagoon water is beautiful, the
surrounding soft sandy dunes shifting between white and red sand, the clear
blue sky with a few tickling clouds.
The mangroves in the estuary and the
shallow waters of the lagoon attract a myriad of shore and water birds, fishing
and feeding on the little marine creatures. We wandered along the estuary until
we found a slightly deeper spot to try out our snorkels. At first, we weren’t
sure we’d be seeing anything because the marine creatures were pretty small and
the bottom of the estuary was a bit murky. But suddenly we were in the midst of
schools of little fishies, seemingly not shy but happily scooting in and out of
our snorkels.
Pretty but not flashy fish, with some excitement thrown in by a
couple of spiky crabs swimming at us. We found another spot further on that
also had tiny shrimp – they seemed to be particularly attracted to my feet so I
decided to watch from the bank rather than let them nibble whatever it was they
wanted on me.
After supper Chris and Sol discovered that they like passionfruit (I was already a fan), which had been given to us by our B&B host in Greenough. Rio gave it the thumbs down -- too many seeds.
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