 Sea lion comes to investigate new arrivals in the Abrolhos Islands |
They say the best holidays are those with an element of romance. They also say that sometimes the best romances are those that end with the holiday, leaving nothing but happy memories. That's the kind of romance you get when you fall for sea lions.
The sun rising over the sandy cay of Pelsaert Island in the Abrolhos Islands on the mid West Australian coast, revealed water so clear and transparent we could distinguish the grains of sand from the crushed shell on the seabed. Not a breath of wind disturbed the surface of a sea that was glassy all the way to the hazy horizon. Emerging on deck to this surreal scene, two very inquisitive sea lions hovered on the surface, seemingly waiting for us to come and play. As curious about us as we were about them, one of them wrapped his flipper around the anchor chain and just hung there gazing up at us with enormous brown eyes. I wanted to jump in the water and give him a great big hug, so loveable and adorable did he appear.
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