Sentences with phrase «where dugongs»
Papua Paradise Eco Resort runs day trips to the Fam Islands, The Passage and don't forget you can also spend time on the resort's house reef where Dugongs sometimes visit.
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Scott has recently taken up an adjunct research position at the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University where he is currently: (i) investigating the importance of enhanced larval survival and strong «local» reef interconnectedness as a triggering agent for primary outbreaks of crown ‐ of ‐ thorns starfish on the central GBR, and (ii) assessing potential improvements in the health of coastal seagrass and dependent dugong populations due to targeted reductions in fine sediment loads from the GBR catchment.
If you're lucky, you may spot dolphins and even dugongs in the bay from where the boat leaves.
The name derives from the Indigenous word «Tuncanbar», thought to refer to the dugongs that frequent the Great Sandy Strait, a pristine waterway where visitors can sail, rent houseboats, fish or swim.
The Aussie Sea Kayak Company offers kayaking tours through the tropical Whitsundays, Sunshine Coast and North Stradbroke, Moreton and Fraser Island regions where brilliant island coral reefs, amazing Humpback whales, loggerhead and green turtles, dolphins and the mysterious dugong may be sighted either from the kayak or while snorkelling.
The popular Abu Dabbab Beach has wonderfully white sand, a variety of water sports, as well as a reef where giant turtles and dugongs are often spotted.
Further south where the red earth meets the white sand, dolphins and dugongs can be hand fed at Monkey Mia and Shark Bay.
You can snorkel around Low Isles, or if you fancy being more active then there are Stand Up Paddle Board tours organised, where in the quiet contemplation of your boarding you can come across dolphins and dugongs.
Explore Cow Bay on a guided sea kayak tour where you'll set off at sunrise, cruising along the national park coastline searching for turtles, dolphins, dugongs and more.