Travelling family captures extraordinary Aussie scene: 'Nothing like it back home'
After travelling the world for years, a family decided to settle in a small Australian town. What happened next made them feel like they’d made the right choice.
Australia has produced an unforgettable moment for a family that has been travelling the globe for years. For 40 minutes the travellers watched several large pods of dolphins “surfing and dancing” through the waves.
Stefanie Kremser couldn’t contain her excitement as she spoke to Yahoo News on Monday, “They just went with the flow, enjoying their best life. It was just magical. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I said, 'Oh my God, there must be 40 of them'.”
Originally from Germany, the family has travelled the world for two-and-a-half years, 12 months of which has been spent in Australia. While the trip had been full of adventure, it was seeing the dolphins at the end that was most exciting.
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The family spotted the dolphins on Sunday after driving their van to the southern tip of Western Australia and making the choice to settle in the town of Albany. For Kremser, the experience confirmed they had chosen “the right place” to finally put down roots.
“It was like they were having a party welcoming us here,” she said.
“We don’t have anything like it back home… When you see them everything feels light and free. It’s like you don’t have to think about anything when you see dolphins.”
New details discovered after zooming in on dolphin photos
Kremser was with her 16-year-old daughter when she spotted the dolphins and began to take photos of them. They were standing back from the beach, on the boardwalk, and details of the dolphins’ antics only became truly clear after she zoomed in on the photos when she got home.
In one extraordinary picture, four dolphins can be seen jumping above a wave, forming an arched shape like a rainbow. Others show the dolphins expertly navigating the wild ocean conditions, gliding under the water in large pods.
“It was clear sky and the sun was at the right angle to catch all the dolphins in a perfect light,” she said.
“There were catching the waves, surfing, dancing jumping. They were having the best time of their lives.”
Kremser now plans to print out the pictures and put them up in her family's new permanent home. She's also been inundated by requests from people online who want to purchase them for their own walls.
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