The Dolphin Dock website provides good information about South Australia’s dolphins. There are features about the Port River  and Patawalonga lake dolphins.

There are also details about  the Patawalonga Dolphin Trail.

The page includes a trailer, some informational video footage , a map of the trail and details of the 7 Trail Stations. There are also details about several picnic shelters located along the trail.

Although it isn’t mentioned on the website, there is a newly-installed Exel-loo toilet near Trail Station No.7.

It is close to the large Trotman anchor display near Stanley Street, Glenelg North. Other toilets are listed at both the northern and southern end of the lake.

The walking trail around the lake is described as being a 3.6km loop.

A QR code at each of the picnic shelters and on each of the trail markers link to the Dolphin Dock website.

There are additional trail information plaques at the picnic shelters. Information about How You Can Help is available on the Dolphin Dock website. There is also a blog, although it was last used in 2015.

You can Learn More About Dolphins via the website, including How to Identify the Port River/Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary dolphins via the Identification Catalogue of Port River Dolphins.

Many dolphin photos and video footage can be found at Photos & footage | Dolphin Dock, including footage such as dolphins Bow Riding.

The above details are only a small portion of what can be found on the wonderful website.

More details about the  Patawalonga dolphins can be found at Patawalonga Dolphins | Dolphin Dock.

Here are some of my dolphin photos from the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary: –

There is a Port River Dolphin Trail withninterpretive signage at six sites. There are many ways of finding out more about the Port River Dolphin Trail and the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, including visiting 6 Great Locations on The Dolphin Trail of Port Adelaide, South Australia – Travelling with my Nikon and Adelaide… – National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia . Aids such as maps are available.

Be sure to find some time to visit the 7 Trail Stations on the Patawalonga Dolphin Trail, the 6 sites on the Port River Dolphin Trail and the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary soon.

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By Steve Reynolds

Steve Reynolds is the current President of MLSSA and is a long-standing member of the Society. Steve was a keen diver, underwater explorer & photographer before illness struck. He is chief author of the Society's extensive back catalogue of newsletters and journals.

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