MY OH MY OH MY!!!
This morning Laura and I went down to Manly for our weekly swim with the 'Bold & the Beautiful' swimming group who go daily from Manly to Shelley Beach and back again (1.6km). No sooner had we entered the water than one of our group spotted a huge pod of dolphins about 300-400m ahead of us. We swiftly decided to abandon our usual route to Shelley Beach and to swim straight out towards the pod of dolphins instead. At first they kept their distance, frolicking quite a way out from us but remaining in full view, but every time we put our heads in the water we could hear them whistling to one another so we suspected that they were getting closer without us realising it. Within minutes they were all around us, at least 30 of them in total at varying distances, mothers and calves came right up close - at one point only a couple of feet below Laura's and my legs! A moment later I looked down to see about 12 adult dolphins glide past in a close knit group about 3 metres below as well.
It was magical, amazing, perfect, what I'd always dreamed it would be if not better. All the pictures below were taken this morning by professional photographers at Manly Beach while we were out there with them!! You can even see one of our pink hatted swimming group right next to them and totally oblivious at that stage that they have popped up to his left!
An experience to be remembered and treasured....
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