
28/05/2025
Happy World Dugong Day !!!The Dugongs must have known it was World Dugong Day today as over the last couple of days they
have been gathering in the Great Sandy Straits.
On yesterday morning’s (27/5/25) Dolphin Eco Adventure, we had just spent time with around 5 of our local Bottlenose Dolphins (including one who’s had a recent run-in with a shark) and were cruising towards K’gari (Fraser Iand) when we spotted a single Dugong — already an exciting special encounter.
After seeing about 8 Dugongs the day before, we were happy with the one and continued cruising towards K’gari… but nature had other plans. In the distance, more shapes surfaced and to our amazement, we ended up encountering a pod of around 15–20 Dugongs, including a few mums with their calves! After watching them for a while we left them to it with everyone onboard feeling extremely lucky to have witnessed such a rare sighting of these gentle sea grass grazers.
📸 / Cassie