Kalbarri NP would have been well suited for smaller hikes but because many parts are only reachable be 4x4 WD only we had to be satisfied with its lookouts along the main road. But maybe we were lucky. The wind was strong and blew all the dust from the surrounding fields in big red clouds in our direction. We couldn't make out too many beautiful sceneries as the dust coverd most of the visibility as it would be on a misty day in the alps.

We haeded north instead to the Shark Bay. The whole area is world  heritage site. We stayed in Denham on the upper part of the penninsula. What we didn't know is this side of the Shark Bay is frequently visited by strong winds what we experienced on that day.

The very next morning we drove on to Monkey Mia and could see how the dolphines were fed. The dolphines are wild animals but know that if they turn up in the morning they will be fed. Only female adult dolphines will be fed so that the young still learn how to chase their own food in the sea and gain their agility in swmming.

For the next day we booked a tour in the lagoon to see the legendary dugongs. Our tour headed first do the near pearlfarm were the owners gave us great insight of how pearls are "produced". That was then the also the best part because the dugongs we saw were quite a distance away but at lest we saw two. The strong wind from the last few days scatterd them all to different part of the lagoon...

We stayed for another night in Denham before we headed back to the main highway. Shark Bay is widly know for its parts were the water is extremly saline. This means the concentration of salt in the far end of the bay is twice as high as in normal seawater. It is therefor not surprising to find some animals which have adapted to those rather salty circumstances in this pats. There are hundrets of tiny shells which flourish in that water and on one beach all the dead shells are deposited as on other beaches would be sand. What is more there were other stromatolites which we visited as well.