Rockingham Dolphins

Forty minutes south of Fremantle is a coastal town called Rockingham. It has a large bay area, Cockburn Sound, which is home to a colony of dolphins.
It was a glorious morning when we met the crew at 8am. The water was flat as ice, the sun was coming through and the visibility was at least 10 metres.
We were warned that it can take some time to find the wild, untrained dolphins and that the longest had been 5 hours. We weren't to know that it would take us nearly 5 and half hours to come across a group of playful dolphins.
Whilst searching we were fed fruit platters, anti-pasta and cheese platters and an ample amount of coffee, tea or milo.
We eventually came across a few playful pods (back towards the jetty!) It was time for each group of 6 to jump in - towed by a leader on a seascooter whilst another dived with the dolphins to great depths and played with them.
After around 5 dives it was time to head back to the jetty.
Later this evening we went to Sail & Anchor pub - a place that Daniel first went to whilst in Perth for a CAPA conference and first tried Red Back Beer (first brewed there in 1986). He returned in 2005 whilst on the Honeymoon and again tonight.
We then had dinner at Portorosa - single portion seafood platters for $50! Delicious, followed by gelato from across the road.
There was a street festival going on with lots of performers and music playing - made for a fantastic atmosphere.
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