From Jan. 3rd.-10th. we went for a sea-side summer holiday. That is Mike,Helen, Jan(Yan), Sophie, Molly and myself.
Port Campbell The sea in question was the Southern Ocean and the place, Port Campbell on the Great Ocean Rd. As soon as we arrived the weather turned cold, wet and windy. We had a very British sea side holiday. We made sandcastles wearing jumpers etc etc. However it was a break from work for Mike.Click on photo to enlarge it.
So, it was because we had to get out and about that we all saw 3 things we’d never seen before.

  1. In a National Park near Warrnambool called Tower Hill we climbed up to the rim of an extinct volcano. It wasn’t a text book round crater but we were all impressed. Sophie and Molly were more impressed with the kangaroo poo that Dad had pointed out.
  2. Further west in Port Fairy, we saw a Chinese squid boat.It was festooned with multuple lights about 2 mt.above the deck. The squid fishermen go out at night and switch on the lights.
    These attract the squid food which in turn attract the squid; the fishermen scoop up the squid and Bob’s your uncle.
  3. 25,000 short tailed shearwaters returning from a day’s fishing at sea,to Muttonbird Island, where we witnessed this. There are 50,000 birds but apprx half were sitting on eggs.It was quite a spectacle.

Go to www.focusonflinders.com.au for more info.They are dubbed Mutton birds because early settlers ate the fattened chicks and it tasted like mutton. A small industry in this fare exists today.

All in all this was a memorable holiday.
Love Joan