Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia is a nature reserve and the nearest town is Denham. Which, when we got there, was pretty much booked out. Turns out it is school holidays and this is obviously a popular destination. The only spot we could get was in an overflow camping area which was basically just an empty block next to a caravan park that it belonged to. There was no toilet, no power, no rubbish bins, no nothing…$25 a night.
Next morning we drove to Monkey Mia to see the famous dolphin beach. Few dolphins come every morning for their share of fish which they now can get only under the supervision of park rangers. They can come as many as three times in the morning but they may not, apparently you are most likely to catch them there at eight. So we were waiting there at eight, along with a swarm of people who fired up their cameras as soon there was a fin above water. The dolphins came but it was hard to see over all the people. We were a bit disappointed by that but we did get to see them, even if not very close up. After that we wandered around the beach and actual always happened to be close by when the dolphins came back for more fish. The second and the third time there was only fraction of the original crowd and the third time – I GOT PICKED FROM THE CROWD AND FED A DOLPHIN!!!!! I gave him a little fish, his name was Puk ad he was super cute. He rolled to the side and very gently and calmly took the fish from my hand. Which is pretty much I talked about for the rest of the day.
Monkey Mia je prirodni rezervace, nejblizsi osadou je Denham a ten byl totalne preplneny. Ukazalo se, ze jsou momentalne skolni prazdniny a tohle musi byt oblibena destinace, nebot jediny misto, ktery jsme na noc sehnali, bylo na parkovisti vedle kempu. Sice tam nebyly ani zachody, elektrina ci odpadkove kose, ale i tak chteli $25 dolaru, coz jsme jinde platily za krasny kempy se vsim vsudy.
Dalsi rano jsme vyrazili do Monkey Mia podivat se na mistni slavne delfiny. Nekolik se jich jich tam denne objevi na plazi pro svuj pridel ryb, ktery dostanou pod dohleden tamnich zamestancu. Udajne muzou priplavat az trikrat behem rano, ale nekdy treba jen jednou, tak je pry nejlepsi tam byt hned kolem osme, aby je clovek urcite chytil. Tak jsme tam rano cekali spolecne se zastupem turistou, kteri zavarili svoje fotaky pokazdy, kdyz se nad hladinou ukazala ploutev. Delfiny priplavali, ale pres vsechny lidi je nebylo videt tak dobre, jak jsem doufala. Byli jsme trochu zklamany, ze jsme je nevideli moc zblizka, ale i tak to bylo hezky. Pak jsme toulali po plazi a tak nejak jsme se vzdycky nachomejtli pobliz, kdyz bylo dalsi krmeni. Na ty dalsi dve uz tam byl jen zlomek lidi, co byli na to prvni a tak jsme videli delfiny hezky a zblizka a na tretim krmeni jsem byla dokonce vybrana a mohla jdem jednoho delfina nakrmit z ruky. Jmenoval se Puk, desne rozkosnej, prevalil se na stranu a jemne si vzal rybku. Coz bylo v podstate to jedine, o cem jsme po zbytek dne mluvila.