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« Reply #450 on: May 26, 2015, 10:53:33 am »
Lovely photos cookie.

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« Reply #451 on: May 26, 2015, 11:33:52 am »
Wonderful photos Cookie.I just love the intense colour of blue in the sky and sea.A perfect spot.
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« Reply #452 on: May 26, 2015, 11:46:14 am »
Monkey Mia is such a beautiful place; I hope it has stayed as it was years ago and not got too big. Its been a while.

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« Reply #453 on: May 26, 2015, 11:57:30 am »
I would so love to see that place.
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« Reply #454 on: May 26, 2015, 12:53:51 pm »
Still extremely small troupie. A caravan park, a heap,of motel style units, a backpackers area, a shop, and a restaurant. That is all there is here. It's classed as a resort, but a lot of it is getting very old and dilapidated. It has been bought by the RAC (NRMA) and they take over in July. It is very expensive by WA standards. Most people in the caravan park park upward of $52/ night. As 'Oldies' we pay quite a lot less.
It is a beautiful place.
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« Reply #455 on: May 26, 2015, 01:18:07 pm »
How gorgeous Cookie, enjoy!
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« Reply #456 on: May 26, 2015, 01:28:49 pm »
Jean, some friends of mine are up there now too.  They have been posting heaps of video of the dolphins on the edge of the water on my Facebook account.  It looks fabulous.
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« Reply #457 on: May 27, 2015, 07:50:34 am »
Beautiful looking spot Cookie. The colours in the sea and sky are lovely.

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« Reply #458 on: May 27, 2015, 07:59:13 am »
Thanks Bedlam. I will go and have a look. I'm afraid we don't really go down to see the dolphins any more. We tend to see heaps of them out in the bay. I did wander down after the dolphin feeding this morning and took this photo of the other boat that takes people out.
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« Reply #459 on: May 27, 2015, 09:39:36 am »
I hope the RAC don't change it too much and make it so expensive for families. The first time I went to Kalbarri it was a quiet little town with a few caravan parks and now it has changed so much.

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« Reply #460 on: May 28, 2015, 03:08:59 am »
I know what you mean troupie. My first visit to Kalbarri was in 1972 and there was very little there.
Late yesterday DH and I went crabbing. We caught 26 in two runs along the nets. An excellent catch. We have crabs for lunch for a few days and some to go in the freezer.
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« Reply #461 on: May 28, 2015, 03:25:42 am »
Great catch Jean, I love crabs.
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« Reply #462 on: May 28, 2015, 07:45:21 am »
A fantastic catch Cookie.I love crab but DH not so much.
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« Reply #463 on: May 28, 2015, 08:22:06 am »
Nothing quite like fresh cooked crab, warm with lots of black pepper and a little salt.
Well done on the crabbing Jean.

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« Reply #464 on: May 28, 2015, 10:06:33 am »
When we lived in Sydney we  had a very old ( 50 +)  wooden boat moored in Pittwater. We had many good times on this boat over the years.  We used to catch a lot of blue swimmers , leather jackets and bream. Nothing like fresh caught and cooked on board. The boat now resides in the Gippsland Lakes

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