Believe it or not in planning a trip to Tasmania and South Australia last year, I had heeded my daughter’s pleas to swim with dolphins by forking out a large amount of money to have us all go out in a boat on a tour, be tethered to a rope, and hope that dolphins would approach us. No guarantees, but money up front; this was to be in Adelaide, after our Tasmanian interlude. It was perhaps the one single planned event that we looked forward to more than anything else. We made our momentous journey over three days, in three planes, and one ferry (great excitement for the kids) over to Tasmania, then to pick up a car and ride across the island to Hobart. Long, but delightful and, yes, I would do it again, frankly. Meeting up with the cousins in Hobart was no less of an exciting moment that anything up until then. A few days into the holiday, kids mooching around one hot afternoon, my sister-in-law calls out loudly from her deck overlooking Blackman’s Bay. Dolphins in the water. Sixty seco …
Tags: Adelaide, Amount Of Money, Blackman, Cousins, Dolphins, Excitement, Guarantees, Hobart, Holiday Kids, Hot Afternoon, Interlude, Momentous Journey, Planning A Trip, Rope, Sister In Law, South Australia, Swim Dolphins, Swim With Dolphins, Tasmania, Wild Dolphins|
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