Shark Bay is in the vast World Heritage Area. It was pretty expensive staying in the Shark Bay area – it cost me an arm and a leg.

Immature Pacific gull over the road from our accommodation

Rum the labrador is a permanent resident where we are staying. Number two dot point of the house rules states: Don’t feed Rum. He is very friendly – everyone loves Rum.

Unusual colouration – I suspect it is fine red dirt and not a colour morph.

Building in Denham made from shell blocks

Little Lagoon Creek Lookout

Bay side near Lagoon Creek

Shark Bay Daisy

Wattles lined the roadsides

Little Lagoon – natural pool connected to the ocean

The Thong Shack

Nail a thong, you must.

Shells from the beach near the Thong Shack

Dirk Hartog Island is 80 km long and between 3 and 15 km wide and is Western Australia’s largest and most western island. Known as Wirruwana by the traditional owners of the island, the Malgana people, it was named after Dirk Hartog, a Dutch sea captain who first encountered the Western Australian coastline in 1616. After leaving the island, Hartog continued his voyage north-east along the mainland coast. He nailed a pewter plate inscribed with the date and senior people on board his ship to a post. In 1697 the Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh landed on the island and discovered Hartog’s plate. He replaced it with one of his own, which included a copy of Hartog’s inscription, and took the original plate home to Amsterdam, where it is still kept in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. (Info from Wikipedia)

Salt production at Useless Loop

A young emu

The emu went to particular bushes pecking at the leaves.

On closer inspection, it was eating these small fruits.

Wild Rose Diplolaena grandiflora

Shark Bay sunset

On an exercise walk late in the day, we saw this sign and the emu below nearby. It has been very dry and emus have been in town after water.

School Watch – Shark Bay style