Pelican feeding

On Monday 29 December, before the start of our journey back to Perth, we watched the pelican feeding in Kalbarri. This happens every morning at 8.45am and is a tradition that has been going on for 30 plus years.

Cliff Ross began feeding the pelicans in Kalbarri in 1975. He lived on Grey St and owned a museum called Fantasyland better known these days as The Grass Tree Restaurant. Local volunteers now feed the birds daily at 8.45am on the foreshore, numbers vary at different times of the year with an average of four each day.

Two turned up for the feeding we watched. Mark and Izzy unfortunately missed out on this as Izzy was fast asleep at 8.30am and we didn’t want to wake her! I joined Elli, Mark, Bill and Tom to watch the spectacle. I was amazed at how big these birds are. They are huge!

Pelican feeding was done on grassland near the sea. The first pelican coming up for his breakfast!

Volunteer, children queuing to feed and the lucky pelican

Pelican after a free (and easy) breakfast

These pelicans were spotted on the way back to the caravan park