We left Wellington Point car park on a beautiful sunny morning, low tide and the causeway magically revealed itself. Off we went.
It's about 2ks round trip so a gentle stroll really. There's plenty of space to sit and look across the harbour to the city.
You can circuit the island in a jiffy and there are info boards that tell the story of a family that lived on the island in the early 1900's. The island is now part of the national park service and uninhabited.
I imagine it would get quite busy on weekends but today there was just a handful of folks and kiddies enjoying the lovely day.
A few shells collected and then it was time to return to the mainland 😊
We walked to the launching ramps and wharf at Wellington Pt and there was a big Pelican cruising along. A couple of fishos tossed it fish off-cuts and it scooped it up - yum! We got chatting to local lady on the wharf who said yesterday there was a young whale just off the beach, darn we missed it by one day.
The birds here are terrific - their feather colours are spectacular.
Last night at our local gym in the park we saw these great big white Cockatoo flying about, in and out of house gardens, having a grand old time, boy they can screech 😊
Most days we hear the lovely song of the Butcher bird.
I had to look up Wikipedia. It looks like a Magpie but is smaller I think. Anyway they get their name from their way of feeding. When they catch prey, they hang it off a branch or tree fork, and hack the meat away, like a butcher. It also hangs uneaten food in the fork of a branch or impaled on a twig (their 'larder') and comes back to eat the leftovers later. They have a lovely birdsong and seem so gentle in nature, at least the ones that visit our garden.
Another fantastic day in the lucky country.
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