Dolphins playing catch with puffer fish? Only in South Australia!
A South Australia travel survey by Tourism Research Australia reveals that international visitors are staying longer and spending more.
South Australian tourism saw 361,000 overseas visitors during the year ending March 2010, an increase of 3% on the year before and what’s more is that the visitors stayed on average 14% longer soaking up the sights and sounds of all that South Australia has to offer. And so impressed were they on what was on offer that visitors spent $188 million in total in 2009, that’s 13% more than in the previous year.
And just what are the attractions that keep visitors happy in South Australia? Award-winning lodges and hotels, sumptuous restaurants, spectacular national parks and fantastic wildlife – like the pod of dolphins that were spotted playing ‘catch’ with a group of puffer fish!
The guys at Temptation Sailing offer visitors the chance to get up close and personal with dolphins, not only watching them at play but also getting the opportunity to swim with these magnificent creatures too!
The guides and visitors watched amazed as the pod of dolphins they had spotted started playhing ‘catch’ with a small group of puffer fish. The dolphins would harass the fish until they puffed up and floated to the surface, whereupon the playful dolphins with then toss the fish to each other as though they were balls – to the delight of the assorted onlookers!
For your chance to see all that South Australia has to offer, visit the South Australian Tourist board and find out for yourself why increasing numbers of visitors are spending more time and money here than anywhere else!
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