In Tin Can Bay we had a really nice hotel room in some kind of cabin. The man at the reception was very talkative and gave us plenty of information, especially that there was a hot dinner deal tonight in the hotel next door. Two dishes for the price of one. Of course we could not miss out on that one. Actually the food was really good. We shared a bottle of white wine and left the restaurant filled up and satisfied.
The next morning we had to get up early as there was dolphin feeding at a cafe in the harbour which was supposed to start areound 7:30 am and people recommended to queue up early.
For 5 dollars you were allowed to stand in the water close to the two dolphins for some minutes while the staff gave some background information. For another 5 dollars you could buy one little fish to feed the dolphins. We took the complete package and enjoyed the time with the cute animals. A coffee in the cafe helped to bridge the waiting time.
Some birds tried to catch the fish intended for the dolphins by quickly flying into the scene when the person was holding the fish in his or her hands. And actually a few times the birds managed to succeed. Even though the personnel had some long sticks to scare the birds away.
One pelican was also hanging around all the time hoping to get a piece of fish for him. He was quite relaxed and did not attack anybody while feeding a fish to the dolphins. Unfortunately he had to go away empty-handed (anyhow by law it is forbidden to feed those birds). Pelicans are really very impressive birds. They are very big and they have a big beak. You should not get too close at their eye level, their beak could well hurt you.
