Tangalooma
is a resort on Moreton Island just outside Brisbane – a short one hour boat ride
gets you there. The island is mostly national park so, with a few exceptions,
the resort is the only thing built there.
The NP
has a wide range of animals that generally are not afraid to get relatively
close to humans, so you can get into some pretty close-up situations, even if
they are all wild animals. The resort has a bunch of activities that covers
most of the wildlife on the island; feeding, walks, presentations, cruises,
whale watches, tours, etc. And there are facilities for snorkeling, diving,
walking on your own on most of the island, ATV tours, helicopter rides,
massages and so on. The big thing on the island is the nightly dolphin feed
where a small group of wild dolphins come in at night to be fed by the tourists
under strict supervision of the staff. A very popular activity which any
visitor can only do once every visit (unless you know the right people… *cough*).
We spent
three nights here; me taking in all the sights, Ina showing me around the first
day before she had to work the last 3 days.
Due to
low numbers in tourists there were no whale watches until the last day we were
on the island. This was also the last day in the whale watch season which must
have been why they chose to go out, even though they didn’t manage to fill up
the ship at all. But lucky for us – I would have been sad if I came down there
in whale territory and didn’t get to see a single one. Success!
Late the
27th we went back to the main land as I was on a late flight out to
Kathmandu. Big thanks to Ina for having me there and showing me around!
Looking down on the Tangalooma Wrecks from a ridge that goes behind the resort. The resort is right below us to the left.
A kookaburra ready for food during a feed.
A cormorant.
A whistling kite.
A sea turtle.
Dugong.
Tinkerbell with her calf Tangles.
The dolphin feed.
Feeding Bella - and old, half-blind, almost toothless dolphin. This meant that you had to be prepared to be bumped into a lot while standing there trying to feed her.
Feeding Tinkerbell and Tangles (yup, two dolphin feeds in one visit... All about who you know... ;) ).
This parrot-things were seen quite alot.
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