This weekend we head down to Rockingham wild encounters in Shoalwater to experience their seasonal Three Islands wildlife cruise. It was all smiles as we arrived in the sunshine and stopped at the Pengo's cafe to grab a coffee and banana bread, FYI their banana bread is awesome.
Sun beaming over us, we made our way down to board our boat, I recommend wearing shoes you don't mind getting wet as I got a minor soaking on the way down the jetty.
And we took off across to Seal island, the cruise lasts around 60 minutes and is only offered between June - September (whilst penguin island is closed).
As we pulled up this little guy swam right under the boat
and popped back up a bit closer to shore.
Our guide told us some incredible facts about the sea lions who have made the island home, did you know these guys are pretty rare and only live in Western and Southern Australia? There's around 15,000 of them in total and they can live up to 20 years of age, pretty neat huh?
I've got a little soft spot for these guys, they're super curious and love playing with divers and snorkellers, which I wrote a little more about in this post when I first met them.
From Seal island we head out across the bay to check out some of the incredible rock formations and then to a large 30 year old Osprey nest.
The large osprey nest, if you look closely you can see their little white heads popping out.
We kept our eyes out for dolphins the whole way, but sadly didn't see any- which is a shame as it's the same place we paddleboarded with dolphins a few months back.
Before we knew it our little adventure was over and we head back to the jetty.
The three islands wildlife cruise operates twice daily and costs $35 for adults.
I was kindly gifted this experience but I would definitely pay $35 to do it again.
Thanks for a great morning Rockingham wild!
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This post has been written in collaboration with Rockingham wild, all views are my own.