A touch of a sleep in and off we went to Seal Bay to see the sea-lions - sounds funny but sea-lions are actually a type of seal - of the eared variety. About 7 species of seal are of the eared variety and can move on land, the earless types (leopard / elephant) can't move on land and are known as true seals - see - even an old fish like me can pick up some new info! We had a guided tour onto the beach with the sea-lions which was great - Cole managed to find a pup's scapula bone and a bunch of cuttlefish back bones which he showed to one of the marine biologist guides and ended up getting a poster and little book for his demonstrated interest. We also found out about the Humpback and Sperm whale as parts of their skeletons were visibile in the area. By the end of our tour it was near lunch so we headed off to pick up a sandboard and sand tobaggan to take to the little Sahara sand dunes for a ride. A quick bite and we were on the dunes - a beautiful little range of fine sand rising to the horizon. Quotes of Shakespeare filtered through my head ..."my kingdom for a horse..." as well as images of Tintin and the Captain in the Land of Black Gold. We tried our legs (and bums) on the sandboard with a bit better success than experienced back at the Henty dunes - might of been the better quality boards and bindings and the drier sand but we were actually able to pick up some speed and make it to the bottom of the slope (maybe 25 -50 ms in length? ). A dozen or so rides and climbs and we were spent, so packed up, dropped off the boards and started our way home. En route, Jen and I visited South Australia's only Boutique Distillery for a nip and affogato - the drinks were nice so we picked up something to add to our desserts over the next few weeks and had a chat with the proprietor. One thing led to another and of all things - he happens to be reviewing a recent community health study of one of the most remote aboriginal communities in Western Australia where they are looking for a GP to do a 2 week locum at anytime in the near future. Hmmm - serendipity?? We'll look into it and perhaps add it to the trip in April if it's still needed? Once plied with alcohol for work we made our way to the local winery in Kingscote called the Bay of Shoals and trialed a few of the local vines. The winery is set atop of the hill in Kingscote and looks out over the small bay here which glimmers with shades of green and blue in the horizon - absolutely beautiful. One last explore tomorrow and back to Murray Bridge to hit the grindstone on Monday.
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ReplyDeleteWe are back as you know from Mexico and today the Winter Olympics are in full force..with luge, ski jumping etc. This afternoon I am going to watch some of the world class curlers play a game in our own Richmond Curling Club and then hit the Heiniken House in the O zone. We had the opening cermonies last night and what a great job Canada has done with the torch relay and the opening. We felt very proud to be Canadains over the past few weeks and months. Our next week will be busy and fun attending as much as we can and going to a curling and speed skating events.
Tomorrow we go to volunteer at the Norwegian House and hope to meet some guests from other countries. We are also working over the next couple of weeks..so we will be hopping.
Have fun and loads of love ..
Mom and Dad Mitchell