Team A

A wonderful and restorative day off in dolphin realm! We are in Monkey Mia which is famous for the wild dolphins that come into the shore each morning to interact and of course get fed. Early every morning, starting with a lone fin in the distance, they swim into the bay to view our legs in the water along the shore as well as to receive a few fresh fish to enjoy.

The female dolphins are the only ones that are fed and they come in with their calves in tow. The staff, waiting along the water's edge with us, explained the habits and ways of the dolphins as more and more appeared.

Swimming right there at our feet were these beautiful creatures that seemed so full of warmth and intelligence – it was thrilling to see them so closely.

Sometimes it was a strange feeling to lock eyes with a dolphin and feel perhaps it was as equally curious of us as we were of them.

The young calves swam playfully together as the mothers lined up for the morning feeding ritual.

They make many clicking, whistling and whirring sounds with their blow hole as well as a buzzing sound with a small hole in their forehead which is their sonar.

The staff know each dolphin by name and recognise them from the markings on the dorsal fin which gets uniquely nicked throughout its life.

It was feeding time and several staff moved into the water with buckets of fish designated for each of the known females that visit the beach each morning. They invited us to offer a fish and Miroslav Pospisek, one of our runners from the Czech Republic, happily plopped one into the waiting mouth of one of the mothers.

Dolphins have a wonderful gentleness and beauty and it was a happy experience for us all to visit here and meet so closely with these amazing mammals.

After the morning of meeting the dolphins, the team engaged in several relaxing and invigorating activities as well as taking in the beauty of nature and wildlife around the area.

Misha Kulagin from Russia reprised his role as ship's navigator with Miro as acting engineer ...

while Runar Gigja from Iceland and Standa Zubaty from Czech Republic cruised in a see-through-bottom boat –.is it me or is that boat listing to starboard?

Rebekah Vos-Jamieson of Monkey Mia Boat Hire was always helpful and smiling.

A super special thank you to Colin Greenline of the Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort for putting up the team in a perfect place for a rest day. We thank you from the whole team for your warm hospitality, Colin!

– Prabhakar Street (Canada)

Team B

Dolphins at Monkey Mia

Friendly pelicans on the beach

Camel from the local camel ride

'Sailing Boat Leeuwin II' – A training yacht for young people.

View off the wharf

There is a turtle in the water!

Paul generously accommodated the girls' team at Shark Bay Holiday Cottages in Denham

Elke Lindner (Germany) with Rumur from the local school

Cr. Bob Eddington, President of Shark Bay Shire, met us at the Shark Bay Discovery Centre and provided a very informative tour of the Centre.

Iva Nemcova (Czech Republic) and Angela Muhs (Germany) run in to the meeting

Chirstie who is not only the Shire photographer but also the deck hand on the tourist catamaran Aristocat2 we saw at Monkey Mia this morning.

The Team with Bob

Touring the Shark Bay Discovery Centre – a “must see” in Denham

Arthur 'Pep' Pepper is an indigenous stockman from the area who is featured in one of the video displays

Elke examining Hamelin Rock shell blocks which are made up from tiny shells washed ashore and compressed. The blocks are used in some buildings around Denham.

Phil from the Centre provided afternoon tea for the runners – thank you!

– Nishima Knowsley (New Zealand)

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Team Members:
Kritartha Brada (Czech Republic), Nishima Knowsley (New Zealand), Edi Serban (Romania), Runar Gigja (Iceland), Pushpendra Uppal (Australia), Iva Nemcova (Czech Republic), Prabhakar Street (Canada), Sandro Zincarini (Italy), Nataliya Lehonkova (Ukraine), Prachar Stegemann (Australia), Misha Kulagin (Russia), Dima Lehonkov (Ukraine), Angela Muhs (Germany), Veeraja Uppal (Australia), Miro Pospisek (Czech Republic), Elke Lindner (Germany), Standa Zubaty (Czech Republic)

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