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Tin Can Bay - East Australia
Round The World Trip Journal

Text By Jo & Photos By Mike

(25th - 26th April) Tin Can Bay
Mike had read that friendly dolphins came in to be fed at Tin Can Bay so we just had to stop off here. A very small, friendly town in the middle of nowhere but with lovely surroundings. We spent an afternoon chilling out on the foreshore watching pelicans and houseboats. Reminded us a lot of Poole Harbour with islands in he background. You can tell it was all too much for Jo as she tried to recover from the thrills of Fraser Island. The following morning we were up bright and early and headed down to Barnacles Café for 7am. A dolphin called Mystique was already in the shallows and he was later joined by his daughter Patch. Feeding was a much more chilled out affair than at Monkey Mia and much better because they feed smaller fish which means that everyone gets to feed. You are handed a small white bucket with a fish in and then take it in turns to hand feed. After the initial feed lots of people left so we hung around and were able to feed both dolphins twice! Just look at the photo of Mike stood on the shore holding his fish up – this photo makes Jo laugh cause he looks like an excited kid – more fascinated by the fish than anything else! All in all it was much better than Monkey Mia and fewer people although aparently they had 300 here at Easter. The dolphins were so gentle in taking the fish from us too and they hung around after the feed so that we interact with them better. Awesome! We also did a boat trip around the bay and saw the two dolphins playing around the boat.

Highlights of our round the world trip:

Stop 1 - Capetown---> The City | Simonstown Penguins | Table Mountain Cable Car | The Waterfront Seals | Windsurf Action.
Stop 2 - West Australia---> Perth City | Perth Zoo | Cohunu Animal Park | Rottnest Island | Rockingham Penguins | Yanchep Park Koalas | Cervantes Pinnacles | Geraldton Windsurfing | Kalbarri Gorge | The Pink Lake | Coronation Beach Windsurfing | Gero Road to Cervantes | Carnarvon Jetty & Quobba Snorkel | Denham Lagoon | Monkey Mia Dolphins | Coral Bay Termite Hills | Coral Bay Quad Biking The Dunes | Exmouth Kangaroos | Mandurah Canals | Margaret River | Margaret River Wine Tour | Margs Windsurfing | Bunbury Windsurf | Bussleton Pier | Towns near Bussleton | Augusta Nature | Pemberton Camping | Pemberton Tall Trees | Cape D'Entrecasteaux | Walpole Tall Trees.
Stop 3 - East Australia---> Cairns Sky Rail Cable Car Over The Rainforest | Mossman Gorge | Cape Tribulation Rainforest | Port Douglas | Daintree Crocodiles | Captain Cook Highway | Beaches Near Cairns | Atherton Tablelands Fig Trees | Bowen Beaches | Airlie Beach | Whitsunday Islands Boat Tour | Great Barrier Reef Snorkel | Whitsunday Snorkelling | Town of 1770 History | Fraser Island Beach Driving | Tin Can Bay Dolphins | Noosa River | Australia Zoo Wombats | Sunshine Coast | Nanango Bush | Gold Coast Beaches | Byron Bay Beaches | Woolgoolga Beaches | Coffs Harbour | Port Macquarie Cafes | Forster Pelicans | Great Lakes | Nelson Bay Dolphins | Sydney By Day | Sydney By Night | Sydney's Manly Beach.
Stop 4 - New Zealand---> Auckland Revolving Restaurant | Rotorua Volcanic National Park | Lake Taupo & Waitomo Glow Worms.
Stop 5 - French Polynesia---> Tahiti Island Waterfalls | Moorea Island Water Bungalows | Moorea Shark Feeding | Bora Bora Island Buggying.
Stop 6 - Hawaii, Maui---> Maui Snorkel Videos | Maui Snorkel Photography | Maui Windsurfing | Maui East Coast Hana Highway | Maui North Beaches 1 | Maui North Beaches 2 | Maui West Coast Surfing | Maui South West Lava Fields | Haleakala Volcano.
Stop 7 - Hawaii, Oahu---> Kailua Beaches | Round Oahu Island Drive | Honolulu Pearl Harbour | Oahu Snorkel Videos.
Stop 8 - West USA---> Los Angeles City Tour | Venice Beach | Long Beach | Queen Mary Tour | San Onofre Surfing | Route 66 Drive | Las Vegas Casinos | Grand Canyon.
Stop 9 - East USA---> Miami Beach Art Deco.
Stop 10 - UK, HOME---> Back To Heathrow, Bringing To A Close Our Amazing Round The World Trip.