Ocean Park

This morning we had a little bit of sunshine but it soon change to overcast but warm conditions. There were a few drizzles during the day but that didn't matter as we spent time at the Caravan before a short shopping trip into town.

Having caught three large fish in Kalbarri, Ilse decided to reward herself with a shopping trip to the Blue Lagoon pearl shop in Denham - she's been dreaming about this since our 2009 visit to the Blue Lagoon pearl farm near Monkey Mia. This farm is one of two in Australia where they grow black pearls which are actually quite nice.

With the food and pearl shopping completed we had our lunch and then drove a few km's south for a visit to Ocean Park, a facility which has a number of tanks and large ponds where they keep lots of local fish species and various other marine creatures. They have a few sharks which get fed once an hour but the sharks often loose out to the Tailor which are a lot faster and ferocious feeders. It was very interesting to see the squid change colour as the tour guide got him excited.

Some of the species, e.g. Mulloway, were quite large measuring 100cm or more.

During our visit to Ocean Park the rain started to set in and by the time we returned to Denham it was well and truly raining, not strong but steady. The advantage of the rain is that the wind has stopped. It's still quite warm but the locals seem to be very cold.

The tide today is very high with the water level just under the walkway and little waves bringing water up over the top of the jetty. The locals tell me that it's not the high tide that's causing this but the low pressure system which allows the water level in the bay to rise.

The low for tonight is forecast to be on 9 DegC - I think the locals will be frozen stiff in the morning and will be wearing jumpers all day with only 20 DegC forecast.