Life in a Humpback

Day 119: Streaky Bay (Day 2: Olivia)

Today we went on a sea lion and dolphin snorkeling tour! I liked the sea lions more because they were so playful, like dogs! And when Olivia (our in water guide - not me) swam around in circles the sea lions copied her! When I was back on the boat (which was actually quite small) We had Milo and Mum and Dad who were still in the water found a dead Blue Ring Octopus!! Then we went to find some dolphins to swim with.

It took a while to find some dolphins and we were just about to give up and head back when we found some! We all quickly got in the water and were watching one when it swam away! Luckily, there were some others nearby, but it took a while to be close enough to see them (you aren't allowed to get closer to the animal than one metre, but the water wasn't the clearest) There was three of them but they all lost interest after a while so we headed back to have lunch. On the way back some dolphins followed us for a bit, swimming under and around the boat! One of them was called Firefox and he has a hole in its tail! Though they don't know how it got it. They are actually going to name there new (bigger) boat after him.

For lunch Theo and I, along with another kid, had home made chicken nuggets while the adults had a local fish called a Blue Morwong. It was so big that the one fish fed everyone! For dessert the adults had rhubarb, strawberry and blood orange pavlova and us kids had an ice cream. Theo and I had a Milo Ice Cream (we actually also tried the pavlova because mum told the chef I like rhubarb! - which I was unaware of). The lady next to me was from Canada! And some of the others were staying at the same caravan park (Islands Caravan Park) as us!

Day 119: Streaky Bay (Day 2: Theo)

We did a sea lion tour where we got to swim with sea lions and dolphins. It was really fun. First we went to the sea lions, they were really funny and cute. If you swam in the opposite direction of them they might follow you. One of them played with a shell. But if you stood up above of the water (because it was pretty shallow) they would go away. There was a male sea lion that could attack you if you stood up. At the end Dad found an blue ringed octopus - we think it was dead, which is good because it has enough venom to kill a human. There is no antivenom for blue ring octopus.

Afterwards we went to the dolphin part. They didn't pop up until we were about to go back. They eventually popped up so we got in the water. But once we got in the water he went away again. But he came back with some friends. So we got to swim with the dolphins. I could hear the dolphins talking to each other using their echo location when it swam under me. The dolphins can get pretty big, 2-3 meters.

Then we got back in the boat and headed back to land. We got to have a hot shower then we had lunch. The kids lunch was chicken nuggets and the adults had fish. Afterwards the adults had pavlova and the kids had ice cream. Olivia and I also had a bit of pavlova.

After lunch Dad and I went down to the beach because there was lots and lots of crabs. Some of them had arms longer than their bodies.