Typical days

We have now been living in our house for about 10 days and are almost starting to begin to think about a routine.  Before getting to that here are a couple of samples of the kultcha of far south NSW.  First from Pambula ...
.. and then the Princes Highway about 20km South of Eden.
Well done Natalia!

Clouds and sun getting their act together on the 15th.  This view from the front door ...
.. and this hanging off the East end of the back deck.
I have decided to start a collection of cloud photos.  This is a cirrus formation showing two different levels moving at right angles to each other!
I went for a bike ride using Frances device (as mine is in bike hospital in Merimbula at present).  The bike has a bit of a Mary Poppins look to it but goes well. and gets me where I wish to go.
This was assessing a lap up to Mirrabooka Rd and back to the Lakeside.  At 4.6km it could be quite  nice jogging track sometime.
This is the top of our street.  The removalists GPS tried to get them to come this way but they went for plan B!  Probably good for the structural integrity of their truck and our belongings.
Back at the Inlet a pelican was perched on a pole (which they often do.
Later in the day I went for a peer from Captain Stevenson's Point.  Here are the gulls, terns and godwits on the closing dune (about 300m away).
The morning of the 16th looked as though it was going to be a ripper of a sunrise with scattered cloud  Here is a view from the front door at 0602. 
Some colour had begun by 0615.
Three minutes later it was looking good.
But 0620 was as good as it got as a fog bank rose and blocked the light.
After a pleasant visit from a couple of Canberra friends I finished unpacking the art works we have with us and took the resulting pile of cardboard to the tip for recycling.  Being close to Betka Beach I went to check the place out.  There were 4 Gannets fishing offshore and I tried to get photos.  Unfortunately fast moving birds about 400m away don't photograph well,  Here are a couple of more obliging Silver Gulls.
The main business was the Hooded Plovers which seem to have finally got a chick close to independence.  I think its the one stretching its wing.
The mouth of the river is still well closed and most people seem to just wade across.
Others, including me, pick their way round the edge.
There was a firm media release pinned up at the picnic area about  group having attempted to open the outlet.  This is seen as a no-no by the Environment Department and the media release was redolent with words such as "offence " and "investigation".

Back home and some good cumulus clouds were building.  Radar suggested a storm just to the West, but it stayed there.



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