Striking blue sea even under clouds! |
Taking in most of the 4 wheel drive tracks took us to some fabulous spots, viewing kangaroos, bulls grazing, mangroves and lagoons with warning about croc sightings, but there weren't any really! Back on base it was the perfect opportunity to inspect the coral reef as the tide had gone out some one and half kilometres exposing this huge 7 metre rock in the middle of the beach! With marine shoes on we headed out to the rock. On the way, the tide out had exposed marvellous reefs holding myriads of marine life from tiny roaming sea urchins, octopus, mud crabs, fish, beautiful clusters of corals exposed. Arriving at the rock we ventured the whole way around it. Daniel excited as it was a brim with oysters! Not prepared we'd be back tomorrow on the tide out to collect them for dinner. Our venture around the rock exposed marine pools again harbouring an exotic array of marine life.
Making our way out to the rock after tide out along the reef |
We having Oysters for dinner tonight! |
Oh yes! A beer by the fire.... |
Our last day Daniel had to drop a line to see his luck. In his first ten minutes he pulls out this huge fish, some sort of Cod, dark grey in colour with black dots pulling it in launching into the bucket which wasn't big enough to hold him. I said I had to go back for the camera to get this picture while he returned fishing. As I came down the boat ramp I saw the fish trying to exit the bucket so I picked up my footpace to put him back in but lost my footing and fell over the side of the on a sand bank and red rock with the camera up in the air, binoculars around my neck laying horizontally on my stomach! Quickly collected myself off the ground laughing my head off as I grappled putting the fish back into the bucket.
......and then some music by the fire! |
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