Coffin Bay National Park

Today John stayed home and we went walking in the National Park. well we drove in and then went down to Almonta Beach and walked. Just as you get down to it we stopped to take photos of the stunning sandhills.
We walked quite a long way and found an old whale shoulder blade sticking out of the sand and then on our way home stopped to photograph some emus. We saw another emu right in the township this afternoon, standing pretending to be a statue. I wished we had stopped and taken his photo.
This has been a week of incredible clouds, some rain overnight so quite damp and showers for most of the day.

native pittosporum and our walk

I picked a few of the native pitosporum seeds as I walked the other day and this with some Westringia picked from the next door garden was our table centre piece the other night.
the Other photos I took this morning while walking around to visit Jean in her delightful cottage.
Jean is a very spry 82 year old who I have just met and the nicest person with one of the older style shacks although this one must be one of the oldest cottages here in Coffin bay with thick walls in the central bit.
I am not changing that bit above as I am having to stand to type this and it isnt always easy to see what I have done.
The weather has changed today, the odd shower and it is a lot cooler and windier.
I love the way these odd hills and hummocks pop up in the distance around the bay, the last one is looking towards kellidie Bay where there are more oyster leases.

More photos

the kangaroos by the side of the shack, D'arry with his huge flat head, the sunset last night from the balcony and this fellow travelling slowly in the channel this morning, we saw him on our walk.
this afternoon we went to sit with the spinning group out in the beer garden at the pub, a lovely day and sitting in the sun chatting was fun.
I sold some doll pins which made my visit worth while.

Morning walk to the biggest Morning tea

I went to the biggest morning tea this morning held in the Coffin Bay hall. Some poor fellow had his legs shaved instead of his head this year. I think they raised quite a lot of money as there were far more people there than I have seen before although the bids on the sale were a bit slow. I walked there and back and it was a beautiful morning so the camera was out again. The first of these is a coastal mallee that is in flower, then the spectacular cocky's beak.
I was rather taken with this collection of pelicans and cormorants and sea gulls on a boat pier near our shack .
The last is one of the oyster boats coming in at a great rate from one of the leases.
I had a lovely time getting some painting done while Mary went for a very long walk.

Last night and this mornings walk

The first photo was taken just as the sun was setting from the balcony, I couldnt resist taking it.
This morning we went for a long walk along the aptly named Long Beach, I walked for about an hour and Mary walked further and longer. My hip told me I had done enough.
It was incredible, the clouds changing, the sun came out, the tide coming in and the distant views.
We were invited out for lunch with some friends who have a lovely shack right at the begining of Long Beach and we are now home, full of wine and good food.
It is their shack you can see in the third photo, a wonderful location. Click on the photo and you will see it.

More walking alng the oyster walk

Today we went into Pt Lincoln to shop, visit friends, came back to Coffin Bay and had more tea with another friend and by the time we got home the fire was almost out.
A wet day again, while we were having coffee in Lincoln it teemed.
the first of these photos is looking towards Yangi and the National Park from the point on the channel and the second is the wonderful leaf litter on the track.
Suddenly we are becoming social, we are invited out to lunch tomorrow and have people in for Thursday night.
Bag limits are being caught by the fishermen which makes them happy.

Another wild woman and more Coffin Bay

I am having a lovely time thinking up new ways of embellishing my wild women, here is another one.
the photo of the pelican is interesting as you can see the sea floor if you look hard in the cropped photo. the other is of the actual Coffin Bay township which is pretty spread out around the bay.
we are now into fish eating mode, yum, I love fresh fish.
walking talking, sewing and reading, so beautifully relaxing.