Tuesday 24th August on board "SuperCat"

Tuesday 24th August on board the "SuperCat"

Thank you to the Christie family for sending in some great vidoes from Tuesday's cruise.

"While we are aware that dolphin cruises are often at the mercy of nature, the cruise was fantastic and we never expected to see dolphins leaping out of the water so close to the boat. I have to say this was an experience we will never forget!" - John Christie

Dolphins put on a show for our over seas visitors

On board the "SuperCat" 12pm Lunch Cruise with Kat & Kim on Tuesday, was an exciting day for all.
On board they had visitors from the UK and a family from Malaysia all keen to see dolphins.
The boat was heading back from the new traffic bridge and spotted a dolphin coming across to the boat. At first it went under the bow and then dropped back to the stern (port side) and started jumping in the wake of the boat.
The family from Malaysia were down stairs and got splashed from the dolphin jumping right along side the boat, but they loved it and screamed with joy!
Everyone on board thoroughly enjoyed the experience and had come from half way around the world to do so.

Thank you to the Christie Family from the UK for sending us in these great photos!

Mandurahs Playful Dolphins!

Alluka one of our baby dolphins has become very independant from her mother in the last couple of months. We have seen Alluka around the water ways and have often wondered why such a small dolphin is off by herself but her mother is never far behind. (Bendy) Wendy as all good mums tries to teach Alluka about fishing and the skills she will need in the future however Alluka is more interested in playing games and showing off to passengers onboard our boats.

Another dolphin was found in the canals after just catching an octopus, dolphins however cannot chew their food they must find a way to rip pieces off to make it smaller, of all the times we have seen dolphins with octopus we have never seen them eat one just play and throw them around until they get bored.

"Super Cat" had a great time on the 12noon cruise on Saturday with a very playful dolphin jumping next to the boat. All on board had a great time watching as the dolphin leaped into the air and splashed passengers as it hit the water.

If you would like to see Mandurahs playful dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:

Ph: +61 89581 1242

Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: www.bouvardcruises.com.au

Play Time!

Doug and Kim were out and about last Sunday onboard the "Dancing Dolphin" and heading from the Port Mandurah Canals into the estuary when they spotted a dolphin fishing in the shallow waters of the Creery Wetlands. They headed over to the dolphin who at first was only interested in one thing, breakfast but after finding enough to eat the dolphin decided to have a bit of fun and play infront of the boat as it cruised through the calm inland waters of the Mandurah estuary. With lots of children onboard the boat was filled with squeals and laughter as the dolphin happily played for people to see.

Captain Kat and hostie Kat onboard "Super Cat" also managed to find a playful pod of dolphins for their passengers. This particular pod were only to happy to jump in the wake of the boat and followed us into Sticks Channel at the start of the Peel Inlet, then turned around with us on our journey back to Manjar Bay once again jumping and playing in the wake, to the amazement of some of our overseas visitors.

If you would like to see Mandurah's playful dolphins please contact us at Bouvard Cruises:
Ph: +61 89581 1242
Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au
Web: www.bouvardcruises.com.au

Did You Know?

3 Dolphin years is the equal to 1 human year when the dolphins are living in the wild. In captivity 2.5 dolphin years is one human year.

Winter Wonderland!

Winter is here! Lucky for us dolphins can be seen in Mandurah all year round, which means you don't have to wait until the sunny weather returns to see some of our playful friends. In the last few weeks the dolphins have been in and out of the estuary every day playing with the boats and looking for food in the shallow waters. Mandurah is a great place for the dolphins as the shallow waters are warmer than the ocean outside and the canals offer a easy way of catching food. The dolphins use the rock walls in the canals to herd the fish into corners making it an easy meal.

We also have a new face in town a dolphin who was seen with another of our favourites Scar was playing on the bow wave of "Dancing Dolphin" this week and one of our skippers Doug came up with the name Tiger. The dolphin has scaring from its dorsal fin to the top of its head in a stripy pattern. The scaring has been caused from sunburn which occurs when the dolphins get caught on sandbars for a period of time and their skin gets burnt and dries out, when the burn has healed it leaves a white scar instead of the usual grey colouring of the dolphin.

Tuesday 22nd June was a fun day onboard "Super Cat" Debbie and Bob Krause from Brisbane saw dolphins at the side of the boat jumping, they played and frolicked in the wake for 5-10 minutes in the main channel heading towards the ocean marina, Bob was wrapped to have seen the dolphins playing with the boat.

If you would like to see Mandurahs playful dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:

Ph: +61 89581 1242

Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au

Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/

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