April 24th, 2014
Alix left this morning, it was sad to see her go. She has been an amazing travel buddy! She loves to have fun and explore and can laugh at the wrong turns we made. I waited with her for her taxi then I was off to Hillary's Harbour. It was a tourist resort. There were shops, restaurants and play areas. I took a tour around before walking to the dive shop asking where a good place to snorkel was. The man was very nice and wrote it all down for me. I then walked out to the beach. It was a pretty gloomy looking day but the ocean was still beautiful!
Dolphin Statue
I needed to go pick up a map from the Western Australia Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratory. I also took a tour around the open part. They had windows looking into the labs and displayed some of the research they were doing. They also had tanks...
This fish is getting cleaned by a wrasse
Entrance Art
It was still gloomy outside so I thought I would go to the AQWA (Aquarium of Western Australia). Everyone had been telling me great things about it, so I checked it out. It was the best aquarium I have ever been to!
A diver was in the tank feeding the fish and rays.
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I found Nemo!
I found Nemo!
I found Dory too!
Top View of the Coral Reef
Bottom View
"Curiosity of a Child"
Cute!
After he aquarium I headed out to the snorkel spot. I accidentally got off the bus too early, but it was a nice walk overlooking the sanctuary. From my walk I saw that it was a better day for surfing than snorkelling. I was disappointed, but I see all sorts of animals in the aquarium. On the beach, I settled for looking for shells and watching the surfers. Eventually I got in and did some body surfing before heading back to the hostel.
Purple Sponge
I went to a cafe for dinner then came back to the hostel to hang out with some of the Irishmen Alix and I met the day before. It was a new cultural experience hanging out with them. It amazed me how I could not understand a word they said to each other. It was a night full of laughs and translating Irish English to American English.
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