Denham Day 2

Today I got up in the morning and made breakfast for myself and my sister. After breakfast I did some schoolwork. Then Mum and Dad and my sister went into town to do some shopping. I stayed behind and did some schoolwork. When they came back we had lunch. Lunch was delicious. After lunch we drove to Ocean Park. Ocean Park is 5 or 6 km out of town and is one of the most interesting places in Denham. They have all these big tanks and in them are : Squid, Western Rock Lobsters, Moray Eels and lots of different species of fish. One tank even held a baby Logerhead Turtle. It was about 30 cm long and kept snapping at the guides fingers.

We also saw Shovelnose rays. These Rays are funnily shaped and have a triangular head hence the name Shovelnose Ray. They don't have any barbs so they are safe to touch. There are lots of Tailor in one tank. They are about 50 cm long and will move toward any vibration in the water. One Tailor was about 5 metres away when my finger accidentally touched the water and it came straight over. I pulled my finger out just in time. There were also other tanks in which there was a whole bunch of Moray Eels. I was taking photo after photo of all the different fish in the tanks. These tanks aren't exactly small either.

In the shark lagoon they have 13 sharks and 5 Tailor and a whole bunch of other fish which include Red Emperor, Estuary Cod and Golden Trevally. The sharks are supposed to eat the Mulies that the guides throw in but sometimes the Tailor and Golden Trevally are quicker than the sharks and get there first. We even saw Big Merve, a big Estuary Cod who doesn't often make an appearance. The Tailor in there are up to 80 cm long and are a lot faster than the lazy sharks.

We then got shown the big pond where they have big Mulloway and big Barramundi and big Snapper. When a food pellet is thrown in the mulloway that gets it chomps down on the pellet hard. In the shallow water when the pellet is on the surface the Mulloway make a big FUMP when they snap down on the pellet. After seeing the fish feeding we headed back to the reception and Dad bought a book about all the fish of Australia and Asia.

I took about 150 photos of all the fish and marine life. Dad has a polarisation filter on the camera and it works really well. After heading back to the caravan I did some more schoolwork and started writing the blog. Halfway through we had dinner. Dinner was fried sausages and mashed potato. It tasted great. After dinner I finished writing the blog, did some more schoolwork and had dessert. After dessert I went to bed.

Ho visto una pastinaca.

Ho visto anche un sacco di pesci.

I pesci erano grandi.