Water is common to this lot

Looking from Angophora Drive this morning the sea looked rather rough by the outlet so I took myself off to Bastion Point to see if this was the case,  Nope, pretty calm despite the strong wind, but there were some white caps further out,

Go West old man!

As I crossed Betka River I noticed a lot of birds in the Cormorant tree,  Was one of them a Black-faced Cormorant?  Nope, but there was a visitor.
A Whistling Kite, looking neater than usual!
A Great Egret, with some aigrette plumes, nearby.
Then a Cattle Egret flew in.  I have no idea what that was doing her as the nearest cattle were 6 km away.  Perhaps it had been grazing on the golf course?
I pressed on to Fisherman's Point where the inshore sea was relatively calm nut some monster waves were visible offshore (ie nearly to the horizon).
The highlight of this stage was a flyby by 2 Shy Albatross.  Only my second sighting of this species. I didn't get a photo.

In the afternoon we went back to Bastion Point to try to relocate the Shark egg-case,  We failed in that but the waves were more impressive: the big sets were possibly close to 3 metres.

Back at the steps Frances spotted a/the Eastern Reef Heron trotting around.
Following a tip from a guy photographing the waves - with some very serious gear - we dropped round to the breakwater to see some dolphins,  Apparently they had been there most of the day harassing a school of Australian Salmon.  Our informant reckoned they were feeding well as they were too heavy to jump!  So here are some dolphin body parts.




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