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After the dive I bolted back to Lakeside to catch up with the others who had faithfully paddled from Turquoise Bay. This was made a little more challenging by my kayak attempting to slither out of it's cradles and off the car - I was chilled and tired; the wind had come up a bit and my hair was that huge, salty hairball that forms after a dive so there was a little cursing as I wrestled the thing back into the correct position and lashed it down again.
Just as well I put on the speed though - it turns out we had left the lunch in my car and the gang were faithfully waiting to be fed. They had had a fairly windy paddle North and were relaxing in the dunes and idly going through the clubs by-laws.
We paddled up the Ned's Camp and saw turtles, rays and leaping fish - trumpet fish I think - they would skid along the surface for several meters while standing on their tails.
More paddling was called for so M. and I did a car shuffle and deposited one of the cars further up the coast and were excited to see an echidna waddling across the road on the way back. I've never seen one in the wild before!
The tide was rapidly going out by the time we got to Mangrove bay and we splooshed over rays and a poor puffer fish that had forgotten how to deflate before getting out (in our booties so as not to step on stone-fish) and pulling our boats the last 30 meters.
A bustard eying us in the bushes completed the native sight-seeing extravaganza and we drove back to camp for hot nachos and loving foot cleaning.
Just as well I put on the speed though - it turns out we had left the lunch in my car and the gang were faithfully waiting to be fed. They had had a fairly windy paddle North and were relaxing in the dunes and idly going through the clubs by-laws.
We paddled up the Ned's Camp and saw turtles, rays and leaping fish - trumpet fish I think - they would skid along the surface for several meters while standing on their tails.
More paddling was called for so M. and I did a car shuffle and deposited one of the cars further up the coast and were excited to see an echidna waddling across the road on the way back. I've never seen one in the wild before!
The tide was rapidly going out by the time we got to Mangrove bay and we splooshed over rays and a poor puffer fish that had forgotten how to deflate before getting out (in our booties so as not to step on stone-fish) and pulling our boats the last 30 meters.
A bustard eying us in the bushes completed the native sight-seeing extravaganza and we drove back to camp for hot nachos and loving foot cleaning.