Esperance Day Three



This morning we woke to cooler weather and it is quite cloudy but still shorts and t shirts are fine.  We decided to do some walking today and went to Lake Monjingup Reserve which was a short drive  from the camp site.  It was such a lovely place to walk around and the only noises were the birds.  We spent a pleasant hour or so walking about and taking in all the beautiful plants, lake and the occasional birds that we could spot, oh yes and one duck!  Richard took his binoculars so we would see more with them.

We had our picnic lunch and Gavin tried to fly his drone again but it was too windy.  Most odd, close by is a pet cemetery, had a quick look and some of the inscriptions on the little plaques were quite sweet.

Gavin wanted to swim again so we went back to Twilight Beach, this time no warning sirens.  There looked like a small school party of children with two teachers and they had so much fun body boarding the waves.  Gavin and I swam again and we just body surfed the waves.  It was not as windy as yesterday and no sand was blowing and the water didn’t seem as cold, it could have been because it was not as hot out of the water.  Gavin even went in a second time and it was good to watch him in the waves. 

Again we are all tired after a busy day.  Yesterday we bought a cheap pop up beach shelter but the instructions and videos we watched about putting it down again didn’t help us at all.  Gavin and Richard did it yesterday but can’t remember how!  Today it went in the bin as we damaged it trying to fold it! Richard and Gavin are going to BBQ again tonight, this time steak.  The hammerhead shark fillets we had yesterday were delicious and we were all pleasantly surprised, so didn’t have to resort to the stand by sausages, haha.

Photos not quite in order and not sure how to do it on my iPad. 

Lake Monjingup Reserve









Huge ant nest


Can you spot the bird?

I was so pleased with this photo of  a New Holland Honeyeater which flew back to it’s nest while we were watching it.

Using my selfie stick on Twilight Beach this afternoon 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Last Friday/St Patrick’s Day

Image
Today was going to be a relaxing beach day but it was too windy so relaxed at the house.  Then we had a call from Gavin to ask if we could help give his house a clean prior to leaving inspection as there was more to do than he realised.  Unfortunately the gas had already been switched off and therefore no hot water and he had already given the kettle to Camila.  Cleaning with cold water not too easy but Richard did a really grand job of cleaning the oven!  Now we wait and see if all our joint efforts are enough for him to get his Bond back, let’s hope so.  I did suggest if he does another house move to get removal guys and house cleaners in!!! He treated us to lunch and we went to Gage Roads Brewery for the final time.  We sat outside looking over the harbour and were lucky enough to see four dolphins, such a treat, they looked almost black so not sure which type of dolphin they were.  As we drove through town, we saw quite a few people dressed in gree...
Read more

Caversham Wildlife Park

Image
Richard suggested we visited Caversham again as the weather has been cooler and cloudy today and perfect weather to walk round a wildlife park.  It hasn’t changed much, sad there were no Quokkas to be seen this time, we forgot to ask why though.  The kangaroos seem to have a much larger enclosure and are laid back as ever. One reason to return was that Lisa had told me you can now not only see and stroke the koalas but hug one as well.  This is the only thing to cost extra to the entrance fee.  We got concession entry tickets as we are old!  I was so fortunate to get the last place to hold a koala at the 3pm session, everything else had gone.  A lady asked about it and we beat her by about two minutes, phew I was so excited, doing this for you too Lisa x. We looked around and saw a few animals and birds we hadn’t seen on our last visit and walked in the kangaroo enclosure which as I said was huge.  We saw a couple of mum’s laying down resting and their...
Read more

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Image
Today I had an hour and a half lesson to learn how to stand up paddle board.  Gavin and Lisa treated me for Mother’s Day and I will treasure the memories as it is something I have wanted to do for a long time and the warm waters of Western Australia were perfect.  We went to Peppermint Grove on The Swan River and the conditions were nice and calm and perfect place for beginners.  There were six of us in the beginners taster session, three of us complete novices. Shannon, our instructor was very good and extremely calm and patient and determined we would all stand up on the board.  It is not as easy as just paddling as there is a lot more to it and we learned techniques of paddling, falling off the board like a starfish, something I was good at and getting back on the board.  We got used to the boards and the water by lying down to start, then kneeling and paddling and final goal to stand up.  Was a bit off putting to see quite a few jellyfish in the water, ...
Read more