Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Dolphin Watching Cruise

Hi!

The sunny weather this weekend made people leave their couch and go to the beach. On Saturday morning I left the house for Double Bay. I walked from Double Bay to Rose Bay as I thought it would take me right along the coastline. The walk took me away from the coast. I passed quite a few nice places such as the exclusive suburb of Point Piper & the quaint Woollahra Library on New South Head Rd, which I fell in love with. If there is a chance of rain this weekend I will spend the afternoon in the library enjoying the view down to Double Bay.

Point Piper
Point Piper
If there is a chance of rain this weekend I will spend the afternoon in the library enjoying the view down to Double Bay. From Double Bay I continued to Rose Bay where I had lunch.I then continued my walk all the way to Watson's Bay. 


By the time I arrived at Watson's Bay it was amazingly hot and I didn't bring anything to go swimming because as I left the house in the morning it was still cloudy and windy. My walk took me six hours in total to get from my place to Watson's Bay and back to Bondi Junction via Old South Head Rd.

On Sunday some Interns and I went on a dolphin watching mission to Port Stephens. We caught a cruise and went out in the port.


Port Stephens
Port Stephens Headland

Port Stephens
Unfortunately we did not see any dolphins because the heavy rains had made the waters very murky and the dolphins had left the port. Dolphins have a hard time seeing in murky water which makes it difficult to feed and stay safe. Sharks on the other hand have bad eyesight but they hunt with their nose. For sharks it is easier to hunt under those water conditions as they can smell the dolphins.
It was sad we didn't see any dolphins (or sharks) but we had lots of fun hanging in the net and being pulled through the water.

After we came back from the cruise we drove to Anna Bay and Stockton Beach. Anna Bay reminded me of a desert. Sand dunes as far as your eye can see and believe it or not there was also a little waterhole. A real African feeling. Just missing the giraffes, lions, zebras,... 



What you did find, were camels!


To sum it up a fun day out with friends, which I can only recommend and maybe you will have more luck than we did with the dolphins.


Until then...




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