Wagon Wheel Resort

Wagon Wheel Resort

Wagon Wheel Resort

On two sides of the Australian continent, Tangalooma in Queensland and Monkey Mia in Western Australia vie for the tourist dollar. This article will establish a few facts and figues about each resort to help the intending tourist make a decision.

Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort

For most tourists, Moreton Island is synonymous with Tangalooma Resort. Many bamboozled visitors actually refer to Tangalooma Island. The resort is built on the remains of a whaling station that operated on the island between 1952 and 1962. Thankfully, whaling was halted when numbers thinned, but, according to a paper by Forestell and Orems, not before 6277 humpbacks were slaughtered. Today, the resort runs whale watching tours.

Feeding Wild Dolphins

Of course, the most popular and remarkable activity offered by the resort is the daily hand-feeding of a pod of bottlenose dolphins. This is only available to hotel guests, although others may look on from the floodlit jetty. These wild dolphins come in of their own free will just after dusk and interact with the humans who stand in knee deep water.