On Sunday we went to the Aquarium of Western Australia, which is on the coast about a half hour drive north of Cottesloe. The aquarium was a great introduction to the coastal marine communities along the entire coast of Western Australia. Their main feature is a walk-through tunnel with gigantic sharks, stingrays, and loggerhead turtles. We took lots of pictures which didn't turn out but spent about 45 minutes making our way slowly through the moving giants.
It's a bit hard to comprehend the size of Australia. It just looks like a little round island that you might be able to drive around in a week or so. In actuality, the western coastline is about 3,000 miles long and reaches from very tropical waters down to the cold antarctic. So there was an amazing diversity of species that were in the aquarium.
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| Beautiful anemone |
About 10 years ago, there was a major survey of a spot on the coast about halfway from Perth to Darwin and they spent all their time describing new species of marine life.
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| Watching sting rays |
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| Communing with dangerous animals |
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| Claudia, in her blue period |
On Sunday we went to the Aquarium of Western Australia, which is on the coast about a half hour drive north of Cottesloe. The aquarium was a great introduction to the coastal marine communities along the entire coast of Western Australia. Their main feature is a walk-through tunnel with gigantic sharks, stingrays, and loggerhead turtles. We took lots of pictures which didn't turn out but spent about 45 minutes making our way slowly through the moving giants.
I think Claudia's blue mood is the appropriate response to Chris at this juncture.
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