Dolphin Watch Cruise – Saturday, 16^th February 2013.
Today was a lovely day. Everyone was awake before the sun. Morning walks along the beach, watching the sunrise over Point Perpendicular. We checked the weather forecast and the weather was said to be perfect, all day. This was wonderful for us, given that we had organised to go on the Dolphin Watch Cruise later that day. We all got together to take our family picture. Then we drove out to the jetty where we would get on the boat. We waited at the wharf for around 15 minutes for everything to be sorted before we could get on.

The boat was named ‘The Spirit of Jervis Bay’ and was a 17 metre catamaran with five separate viewing platforms, including a 360 degree sundeck. It contained an area where you could purchase food, sit down and enjoy it. There were many people on the boat along with my family. The boat was huge but very crowded. The boat started and off we went. There was morning tea served inside which was biscuits and slices. There was also a place to make your own tea and coffee. My cousins and I bought some potato chips from the little shop. We stood at the front of the boat and my Auntie took pictures of us all. It was so windy and the salty sea water was splashing up onto us, although we still managed to smile for the pictures.

We’d been on the boat for only twenty minutes before we saw our first pod of dolphins. It was amazing. They were jumping in and out of the water like they were actually putting on a show for us. Dolphins really are magnificent creatures. We saw around forty of them over the duration of the boat trip.
The dolphins were a grey colour and looked glossy as they glided in and out of the water doing flips and swimming around each other. Only a few of them jumped out of the water and making little splashes. In no time at all, our adventure had come to an end. Getting off the boat our legs were all wobbly. Overall, the experience was incredible, add that to your 'must do' list!