Day 14 - The Amity Point horror
02.12.2009
31 °C
Daddy and Uncle Dai were up early to go for another surf this morning, apparently Daddy was a little concerned because they were the only people surfing there that morning even though the surf was really good. Had something happened there last night that they didn't know about?
No, in fact it happened a few weeks ago. Click on the link.....
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26254415-952,00.html
Daddy got particularly worried when he saw a fin about 50 metres away, fortunately it was curved and there three of them, so he realised it was dolphins again.Thank God!
Anyway it must have turned out alright because they were back by 8am and Uncle Dai got cooking breakfast on the barbecue, proper Aussie.
Bish, bash, bosh and pukka
Mammy and Daddy had forgotten to pack something
After a lazy morning we started to make our way back to the ferry, but Uncle Dai decided that he wanted to take us to Amity Point, which is the last place that someone was killed by a shark on North Stradbroke island. Apparently a girl was swimming there a couple of years ago and she was taken by a shark. There are now signs up everywhere warning you that because of environmental conditions sharks are more prevalent there. It's really very odd because loads of people have built houses next to the water there, but what's the point if you cant go in for a swim?!
There is this swimming enclosure but it's a bit small, you couldn't do much surfing in there.
Uncle Dai and Auntie Di spotted another dolphin, but I missed it because I was having lunch, but no sharks.
What signs?
No wonder the Aussies had a poor Beijing Olympics in the pool!
Is that a shark or a dolphin?
We got the ferry back, another smooth crossing and headed back to Caloundra. Everyone was a bit tired so Daddy decided that they should have an Indian takeaway once me and Pup had gone to bed. What a mistake! All I kept hearing from downstairs was "You can't get a decent curry in Oz" and somebody repeating some mantra about a Bengal Lancer?!
Posted by GazandSaz 21:03 Archived in Australia Tagged family_travel
