Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia isn't a beach town, like we thought, but a resort that you drive right into from the road leading to it. You have a choice between renting a room there, camping or staying in your campervan. It cost us roughly $30/night to park our campervan there. View other info regarding prices at the resort here:http://www.monkeymia.com.au/

The dolphin interaction happens 3 times a day, the first starting at roughly 7am and the last one ending around noon. Make sure you wake up early to get out there because they never do the interactions after 12 even if the dolphins were to show up late. They are quite strict about this.

The "interaction" isn't as intimate as the posters lead some to believe, so don't get your hopes up! No one is allowed to touch the dolphins and only a few people from each crowd (normally children) will be chosen to give a few fish to them, and even then there is no padding or touching allowed. this is because dolphins over the years have contracted colds and other viruses from the hundreds of hands that used to touch them daily. So nowadays people stand there and enjoy the beauty of the signt of dolphins right at the beach's shore, only a few feet away, which is something that you may only see once in a lifetime.

The lady giving the demo during the feeding was well-spoken and very imformative.

After the dolphin sighting, there are other activities such as kayaking (costs about $15/hour - the guy gave us a deal for $30 for 2 for the whole day) swimming, suntanning on the beach and enjoying the restaurants/bars and eateries on the resort.

One day would be enough for most people to spend at Monkey Mia, two at the most. All in all, a great visit and well worth the trip.