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Visit Monkey Mia, the dolphin resort area of Australia. Locum tenens on assignment can spend a day exploring Dolphin Beach, famous for its miles of serene azure waters, sparkling white sands and, of course, wild dolphins. The area, referred to as Shark Bay, has attracted schools of dolphins to its shores for over 40 years.
Though it's one of the world's leading interactive dolphin experiences, Monkey Mia's sea mammal activities are completely free. Unique to their service, they offer activities with the animals on a daily basis, rather than seasonally like
many other tropical resorts.
Every year, thousands of visitors travel to Australia's Shark Bay region to witness the gregarious animals and swim along with them in the warm waters. Unlike many resort attractions, this area is their wild habitat, meaning that the dolphins roam free and ultimately decide when they visit the shore.
These dolphins are such a prized possession of the Monkey Mia area that a lab for extensive behavioral and biological research on bottlenose dolphins has run under the supervision of researchers Richard Connor and Rachel Smolker since 1982. In recent years, the studies have also included other species of dolphin residing in the Shark Bay area. Scientists from North America and Europe have traveled to the island country to contribute to the mammal studies.