We spent Thursday night at Cooloola Cove as I wanted to go into Tin Can Bay by 8am on Friday morning to feed the dolphins. We waited until 9.15 but knowing our luck thought we were going to be disappointed, so we waited patiently and just starting thinking we would miss out when we saw a couple of fins appear out in the bay. The Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins have been interacting with residents and visitors of Tin Can Bay for 30 years. It all started with “Scarry” nicknamed due to the numerous rough edges along her dorsal and tail fins. “Scarry” appeared with a young male dolphin, Mystique, believed to be her youngest surviving offspring. “Scarry” has not been seen since early 2003 but her son Mystique and girlfriend “Patch” still come in to the boat ramp to observe humans and be hand fed. I think this has been the highlight of our trip so far, it was a tremendous experience.
The last few days we spent at Bargara were very windy and Thursday night we started getting a few showers, so by the time we left Tin Can Bay the weather had certainly changed for the worse. We travelled down to Bribie Island in drizzly misty rain, and then it rained on and off all night. Today it has been raining constantly so we were suffering from cabin fever, decided to go to the local pub for a meal and there we were entertained by the locals with a Karaoke night.
Tomorrow we leave Bribie Island and travel to Southport where we are booked in at the Broadwater Caravan Park for 10 days, we should catch up with Maree and Brian as they are staying at the same park.
What a fabulous experience - it is so wonderful when wildlife chooses to interact with us.
ReplyDeleteBad news about the rain, we feel soooo sorry for you.