Bright and earlyish on Tuesday morning we caught Tassie Link (the bus) from Lake St. Clair. Destination is Launceston and hopefully by 5:45 so we can pick up our rental car. The bus ride is an all day affair and of course Murphy’s Law says we will be late … and we are! Not just by a minute or two either, almost 40 minutes actually. However, we are flexible and alternate plan B goes into effect. Fiona’s B&B is lovely and we pick up our rental car in the morning instead. We have changed our route while we are being flexible and head off towards St. Helen’s on the East Coast. The day is pretty dull and rainy so when we arrive in St. Helen’s and find accommodation, we plunge into laundry and clean up mode. Always a good way to utilize a dull day!
We can think of forty different captions for this picture … and would love to hear any you think of when you see this. How about “A cow in goat’s clothing” or “Watch me turn into a cow right before your eyes?” You get the idea … share them okay!
Thursday, today as we reckon the day to be, is spent on the beach called Bay of Fires. We arrived before dawn to catch some good photos. Then we packed up and travelled down the coast to Bicheno. Found a lovely cottage and hope to spot some penguins tonight. Holidays are wonderful things!
Penquins are found. They came in around 6:30. These are Fairy Penguins and are about foot high and look sort of furry. They come to shore after spending the day in the ocean feeding, returning to the same spot each night. These penguins come in only in the dark and scramble over the rocks and into the vegetation on the shoreline. They have individual burrows into which they disappear for the night and will re-emerge before light in the morning. Since you have to use a flashlight (torch, the Tassies call them), we do not stay long nor do we take any pictures.
After seeing about half a dozen we retire to our cottage to enjoy each others company and wonder at the navigational abilities of these little creatures. Holidays truly are wonderful things.
My attempt – “One of these things is not like the other…”
Actually that’s a line stolen from some commercial when I was a kid. You’d have to hear me say it versus reading it. Sigh…it reads pathetic like.