What a wonderful country we have! How privileged we were today! We did a whale watching trip from Kalbarri. Within a couple of minutes of crossing the Murchison River bar, the captain spotted the first whale. All the whales we saw today were females escorting their calves down to Antarctica. In one encounter, there was a female, calf and an escort who assisted in looking after the whales. Apparently there are many more whales on the west coast of Australia than on the east coast. One whale came up to the boat and then dived under the boat. Another came right up to the bow. In the distance, we could see a number of whales breeching and it went on for about ten minutes. The captain said that they don’t usually breech near the boat.
This afternoon, we visiting the Rainbow Jungle, the Australian Parrot Breeding Centre. Many of the parrots were flying free. All the black cockatoos were caged. At the entrance, was a 64 year old cockie (White cockatoo). What a character!!! He would put his head up to the cage for you to scratch and then if you did, he would nip you. I played with him for ages, and scratched him with a packet edge. He would snap around and then if he missed, he would laugh!!! “Ha, ha, ha!”
We then visited some more of the Coastal cliffs as the afternoon light really reveals the depth of their colour. First stop and right in front of us was a Splendid Fairy Wren. All my wishes come true on one day!
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