We have finally left Fowlers Bay! We have had a great time
there fishing, working and meeting interesting people. Pat and Al called in for
a couple of days a few weeks before we left. It was great to catch up. Al did a
bit of fishing but unfortunately the tides weren’t right for him. We had a
couple of dodge tides and the fish don’t bite. They had just graded the road so
they had a good drive out although it was a bit windy. You seem to get a few
great days then it gets windy for a day or so then it’s good days again.
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| Rod building the new bird cage |
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| Mark doing the finishing touches |
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| Rod admiring his handy work |
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| Finished at last. The birds will be happy |
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| The birds are happy in their new home |
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| Kids playing on the sand dunes |
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| Fowlers Bay from "wow hill" |
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| Goodbye Fowlers bay |
Rod and Simone invited us to stay with them at Perlubie
Hill, near Streaky Bay. We had an early Christmas with them and a few of their friends
which was good as we were able to say goodbye to them before we left. Beemer
and Jet got on famously. Beemer had trouble walking for a day or so. He had not
had so much exercise for a while. We went razor fish collecting on the beach.
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| Mya taking Rod for ride |
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| The view from the house at Perlubie Hill |
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| A beautifull sun set |
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| Another sunset. Same place, different day |
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| The house on Perlubie Hill from the beach |
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| Perlubie Hill |
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| Beemer, a happy dog |
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| Jet, a mad, happy dog |
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| Jack. A cat with attitude |
Rod
took us to Baird Bay to his Mum and Allan’s where they have a swim with the sea
lions and dolphins business. We had a lovely day with them. I chose not to get
wet (I thought it would be cold) but as it turned out the water was beautiful. Mark
swam with about 5 sea lions and half a dozen dolphins. Rod and Mick, their deck
hand, dove for abalone, which Allan cooked up for our tea. We also did a bit of
fishing on the way home in the boat and had fresh fish for tea. We were sad to
leave Rod and Simone and Mya, but we only said farewell, not goodbye as we know
we will be seeing them again.
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| The boat at Baird Bay |
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| Mark swimming with the sea lions |
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| Sea lions resting after hteir swim with the humans |
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| I'll just rest my head on this bum. He won't mind. |
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| Swimming with the dolphins |
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| Rod's Mum Trish with the dolphins |
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| Trish just wouldn't get out of the water. |
We travelled to Port Germein and stayed for a few days. We both
needed a rest after trying to keep up with Rod. We had only intended to stay
for two days, but the weather turned bad. It was great to hear the rain on the
roof. There has been hardly any rain since July.
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| Sunset at Port Germein |
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| Port Germein Police Station |
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| Port Germein Police Station with Christmas light
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We have moved on since to Berri. We stopped at Cadell to see
Danny and Ali for a cuppa. Danny took us for a quick drive around to show us
the sights. It was great to see them and plan our next trip to Fowlers Bay. It sounds
like there might be a big reunion there next year.
