Day 164 - Streaky Bay, 8th December 2025

Best day ever! After a sleep in and a chat over coffee, we made the last minute decision to do the Sea Lion and Dolphin Experience at Baird Bay. We raced around getting ready and were on our way.

We arrived at Baird Bay where the road stopped and you had to drive on the beach to continue on.

We checked in and then went for a drive up the beach to try and find a fishing spot as we had an hour to kill.



We parked the car and walked up around the point to find this beautiful, secluded beach.



Ian had a fish while I enjoyed the view.



No luck with the fishing so we headed back to get ready for our tour. They suited us up in wetsuits and gave us our goggles and snorkels and off we went in search of sea lions.




It took about 15 minutes to get over to Jones Island where the sea lion colony live. The water was shallow and crystal clear.



There were lots of sea lions sunning themselves on the beach but a few playing in the water so we jumped in to have a swim with them. It was absolutely incredible. One of them swam straight towards me and looked me right in the eye - it was so cool!!




After an hour or so we got back in the boat and headed out to find the dolphins. There were two of them, that just seemed to be floating in the water. We jumped in and again I was lucky that one of the dolphins swam straight towards me. It was so close I could have touched it. As it got close to me it rolled and swam underneath me - it was awesome! 



We went back to the island to see if the sea lions were more active but they were all snoozing in the beach.


We were lucky that one of the dolphins had come into the bay which doesn’t usually happen so we jumped in the water again. Unfortunately she didn’t hang around, do we got back in the boat to head back.


After a hot shower we sat in the sun warming up and chatting with the other people, both of which are also travelling Australia.


We went inside and had a drink and a delicious charcuterie board of local produce.


We drove back to the park and had time for a quick change of clothes before walking up to the pub for dinner.


It was a great way to spend our final night in Streaky Bay..

We walked back to the caravan park, enjoying the gorgeous colours in the night sky.



After a raucous game of Cheat, we said our good nights and headed to bed. Awesome day!











 



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