So, the picture of the emus around the motorhome (not ours), was supposed to be with this entry. Monkey Mia (another great name) is a place famous for it's dolphins. A gang of emus patrolled the campground. The first time they walked by us they got really, really close and kept coming, inches from us. They're very intimidating with their height and intense focus on you. We went in the van. Later Kevin and I were sitting out and they walked by us again. A large one paused and pooped out a brown and seed-filled river, just like someone had dumped a bucket. It seemed deliberate. Welcome to our territory, I'm in charge here and this is what I think of you. We had a good laugh and were careful to step around his welcome gift.
While we walked the jetty in the evening Mercedes spotted a green turtle! It popped it's head up every few minutes to breath and look around.
The next morning we watched the dolphins come in to shore to be hand-fed a few fish. Since we'd done this in Tin Can bay already, on the east coast, we watched from the jetty. This was a large pod of dolphins, complete with small babies that played while their folks waited patiently for a hand-out. They just picked out a few people and several dolphins got a couple of fish each. Later on a smaller crowd gathered and we realized it was happening again. We joined this time and the girls got to feed one dolphin a fish.
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