Our last day in Denham was spent relaxing and cleaning up after the days out at Steep Point….

Matt and Sharon had not been to Monkey Mia to see the dolphins, so we drove them out to take a look…. Slowed down again by the resident emus…..

What a disappointment Monkey Mia was!!!

For $15 PER PERSON you could have the privilege of parking at the Monkey Mia Resort/ National Park area (and there was no where else to park legally!!)… and then when we went in just to enquire re the $15 fee we were told that there were no more dolphin feedings that day (even though the website says there are 3 feedings between 745 and 12 – we arrived at 10 and they had already done all 3!!) – to top that off it was $45 per person to watch the 5 – 10 minute event if it had have been on…. Way too expensive and not worth it!! While Trev was getting the info we spotted 1 dolphin a fair way out but we did not want to waste $60 to see nothing that we could not already see on any beach any day…..

We drove back home and stopped on the way to look at Little Lagoon – an almost perfectly circular tidal lagoon that was an amazingly bright bluey-turquoise in colour. It was a birrida – a rounded impression in the midst of sand dunes where ancient salt lakes had once been and had evaporated. It had now filled with seawater….

It was providential that we chose to stop there as 2 English girls in a hired van got themselves bogged in the sand in the carpark…. MacGyver got out the sling and snatch strap…. and they were out in no time – and very grateful 😊

Getting back to Denham we ate lunch then went for a snorkel out the front beach – the water was crystal clear turquoise – an unbelievable colour… we saw some interesting jellyfish, some small fish but on the whole there was just a sandy bottom and not much else… Gordie had a bit of a kayak as did Klaus who also through a line in… to no avail (again)…

That night was the full moon so we went to a nearby lookout to watch the sun set and the moon rise….while we waited Trev got a shoulder massage from sister Rosie – much to Dave’s disgust as he indicated that he NEVER gets one!

The still waters of the bay looked beautiful in the fading light…

Denham was glowing in the late afternoon sun…

The moon came up – large and colourful…

That night we went down to the waterfront as the end of the week long fishing comp was being celebrated with a fireworks display – which was actually spectacular and went for almost 15 minutes – a great way to end our time in Denham…