Last Day in Agnes Water/1770

Gadi went off for a long walk on nearby beaches and Cadbury and I took the opportunity to chill out a bit siting in the shade by the caravan. I got a load of washing done - still feels amazing to be able to use the inverter to run the washing machine when we are camping without power! Good thing we could fill the water tank as they have a good supply of drinking water close by.

I did a quick shop after Gadi got back (he injured his foot while walking so hopefully it will feel better soon as we are aiming to pack up and leave tomorrow morning) and then we headed off to check out a couple of the local pristine beaches. Next we headed in to 1770 to empty our toilet cassette (one of the joys of life on the road - and weirdly, the campground in Agnes Water doesn’t have a dump point) and spend the next couple of hours on the river beach. The tide was way out, so all the yachts were marooned on sand banks. We took our towels and some cold cut up pineapple and papaya and walked down to the water’s edge.

I was going to swim...until I noticed the fisherman nearby had hooked something huge, so I went to watch him reel it in. Turns out it was a rather large stingray that you could see darken the surface of the water every now and then and occasionally its’ body flapped above, as did its huge, long barb. The ray played the game well, sticking to the sandy bottom to make it hard for him to be reeled in, and eventually, at the last minute he freed himself.

Not surprisingly, I lost my appetite for swimming. But Gadi was happy to swim and float in the clear water. We stayed for sunset, enjoying watching sunset the yellow sun turning into a red fireball as it sank low on the distant mountain range. The sky changed to a flaming pink and red, and it felt like the setting sun was a solo actor in an amazing theatre production, with the sky being an endless theatre of colour and beauty.

Eventually we drove up to the point to be able to see the colours on both sides - ocean and river - and then drove back home under an inky black sky.

Time to feed Cadbury, cook something inside the caravan and settle down to watch the Monday night ABC line up, starting with Australian Story.

Night night from this paradise...how easy it would be to live here!Baca lagi