Australia Day 2011

Peter Hilton had decided to run trip to Boat Harbour, Kurnell for Australia day. We have spent Australia Day there before and with the weather supposed to be warm we decided to join him. Desiree, Jerome, Barbara, Tom, Louis, Hammo, Evil Hammo, Chris, Linda and Kate all also came along. We got to the gate at 8am and Hammo showed up minutes later and with cars filling in we decided to go get a spot. There was limited choice when we got on the sand so we picked a spot with our cars backed down towards the water’s edge. The tide was out and we so we had plenty of room.

Peter, Jerome, Louis and Chris all showed up within the next half hour it was good we organised a early time as by 9.15am the park was full and everyone was being turned away. This did mean that some friends couldn’t get in which was a real shame.
We set up shade and had coffee and sat back to let the suncream soak in as well as the atmosphere. We all took turns at venturing out into the water it was cool but refreshing. Jerome and Chris had bought along a few pairs of snorkel and goggle sets so they were used to watch fish and Octopus. Chris also bought his Kayak which they enjoyed using to paddle in the calm waters.

We have heard about sea mist before but have never witnessed it firs hand. Well today we did. It was an incredible sight it was easy to see it approaching and it was cool and salty to feel and smell and kept a lot of the heat out of the day. From about 10.30 till 2pm the mist blew through in patches some so thick you couldn’t see far in front and others only lightly passed over.

The day was spent swimming and walking and lots of talking and dot sitting. After lunch I went out for a snorkel and was fortunate enough to see a blue groper which was about 1mtr long and also swim over the top with a manta ray which had a wing span of about 140cm. It was a truly wonderful way to end my swim and day at the beach.

When we got home Leah and Tara came over for a swim and then Peter and Desiree also joined us. We then sat and enjoyed each other’s company and had a lovely BBQ dinner. We couldn’t think of a better way to spend our day.

Us2martins Australia Day 2011 Boat Harbour.