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Reviewed by:	Lance Charlton (contact)
Title:	Monkey Mia, Australia
Category:	Travel
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Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort is based in the Shark Bay World Heritage and Marine Park. This park, declared a World Heritage Area in 1991 is eminently suited for families, has large sand dunes that meet the ocean, while the many islands and bays thrive with marine life of all kinds, including turtles, whales, sharks and tropical fish and is perfect for snorkelling but be warned there are sharks, which shat me right up

The seagrass bed in the park is the largest known in the world, supporting the largest biodiversity of life in one spot found anywhere on our planet.

There are cruises available to spot dolphins, turtles, stingrays and dugongs. For the more adventurous, go snorkelling or scuba diving on the reef for colourful displays of the many thousands of fish in the clear waters of this wonderful World Heritage and Marine Park.

Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort has dolphins that visit the beach. There is a strictly controlled opportunity to see them up close and feed them yourself as I did. It begins at 8 o’clock in the morning, with up to two more later in the day till 1pm. It originally began in the 1960s. A fisherman’s would feed the dolphins as they followed the fishing boat to the shore. Now the dolphins are named and come in at the same time every morning with what seems like an inbuilt clock.

On the way to Monkey Mia, try and stop off at the Shell Beach. Some 60 kms long, 10 metres deep of cockle shells line the seashore.

Make sure you buy local art work its not only gorgeous but helps donate to sustainable causes.