{"id":2300,"date":"2016-08-13T23:40:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T23:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2016-08-19T07:37:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T07:37:56","slug":"adelaides-port-river-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide\u2019s Port River Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jenni does her best Starsky and Hutch slide across the bonnet of her car, camera held high! Well ok not really but we\u2019re having great fun racing around the shores of Adelaide\u2019s Port River hoping to catch a glimpse of the locals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jenni and Trudy<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m hanging out with Jenni, Trudy, Maryann and some of the other fantastic local dolphin watchers who monitor the forty or so dolphins that call the Port River home. We\u2019ve been for a river cruise with Dolphin Explorer Cruises and caught a few glimpses, but the dolphins are proving to be elusive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dolphin Explorer Cruises<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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A dolphin bow riding Dolphin Explorer Cruises<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Three species of dolphins are found in South Australian waters. Close to the coast are the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus<\/em>) sometime also called the Inshore Bottlenose Dolphin. The Short-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis<\/em>) can be seen in the gulf’s and out into deeper waters and along the oceanic coasts and out in the deeper waters you’ll find the larger Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bottlenose Dolphin<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

For in depth information on Bottlenose Dolphins please see the Whale Spotter Dolphin Page –\u00a0Bottlenose Dolphins<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tall Ships dockside<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

A resident pod of around 30 to 40 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins call Port Adelaide home with more than 300 other dolphins being recorded as visitors over the years. The area the dolphins call home has been protected as the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary. The Sanctuary covers a 118km\u00b2 area including the inner Port, Barker Inlet, Outer Harbour and North Haven marina, then north along the coast as far north as Port Gawler.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the Port River Dolphins<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the power stations along the banks of the Port River<\/p><\/div>\n

The Port River area is really the industrial heart of Adelaide. Along its banks are bulk cargo and container handling facilities, heavy industries, naval ship yards, fishing docks, salt ponds and power stations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the heavy industry along the banks of the Port River<\/p><\/div>\n

The dolphins are being extensively studied by Dr Mike Boseley and his team from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. They work hand in hand with a dedicated group of volunteers who monitor the dolphins daily.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tail up dive<\/p><\/div>\n

Related Links<\/strong>
\nFor more information about Adelaide\u2019s Port River Dolphins please see these links:<\/span><\/p>\n

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society WDCS<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nAdelaide Dolphin Sanctuary ADS<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nPort River Dolphins PRD<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nHow to recognise Adelaide\u2019s dolphins RAD<\/strong><\/a>
\nDolphin Trail DT\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nDolphin Explorer Cruises DEC<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Camera Kit<\/strong>
\nNikon D610 Digital Camera
\nNikon D500\u00a0Digital Camera
\nNikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f4G ED VR Lens
\nNikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f\/2.8G ED VR II Lens
\nNikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f\/5.6E ED VR Lens
\nSirui W-2204 Waterproof Tripod with Sirui K-20X \u2028Ballhead
\nF Stop Ajna Camera Backpack
\nOverboard 30 litre Pro-Sports Dry Bag Backpack
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/strong>
\nMy great thanks to\u00a0Nikon Australia,\u00a0Mainline Photographics, Pixel One and Overboard for your outstanding support, guidance and encouragement. Without it this trip would not have been possible!<\/span><\/p>\n

Nikon Australia –\u00a0Nikon\u00a0Cameras<\/strong><\/a>
\nMainline Photographics –\u00a0Siri Tripods<\/strong><\/a>
\nPixel One – F Stop Camera Bag<\/strong><\/a>
\nOverboard –\u00a0Waterproof \u00a0Bags<\/strong><\/a>
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Jenni does her best Starsky and Hutch slide across the bonnet of her car, camera held high! Well ok not really but we\u2019re having great fun racing around the shores of Adelaide\u2019s Port River hoping to catch a glimpse of the locals. I\u2019m hanging out with Jenni, Trudy, Maryann and some of the other fantastic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation","category-whale-watching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions\/2327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}