Pelican feeding and Welsh towns
Trip Start
Feb 04, 2008
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Trip End
Jan 19, 2009
Swansea,
New South Wales,
Australia
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Continuing up the coast we stopped at the bizarrely, and somewhat lazily, named The Entrance (It being at the point where the water comes into/out of a lake) for lunch, our second of many Cold Rock Ice Creams (Recipe list to follow) and to watch the daily pelican feeding!
The Pelicans knew exactley what the deal was and were ready and waiting with their knives and forks in hand (metaphoriacally speaking ) ages before the feeders turned up with the fish
Clear waters at The Entrance
. We sat on the floor at the edge of the harbour with many other tourists. Many of these tourists had attended the recent WYD celebrations in Sydney. They were easily spotted by their matching red and yellow baseball caps, backpacks, lanyards and their tendancy to break into song accompanied by marching bands and flags at the drop of a hat - i'm not even joking!Feeding time finally arrived and the 20 or so gigantic birdS that had gathered were treated to many small fish being lobbed over their heads. A few scuffles did break out over whose fish was whose but i think the young catholics got the hang in the end - Just kidding. The feeders also took the opportunity to inform the crowd about some of the habits and biology of the birds aswell as checking them over for any recent injuries etc. Interesting pelican fact #1 You can tell if a Pelican is 'in season' by the colour around it's eye! Don't worry that's actually the only IPF.
After all the bird feeding excitement we drove on up the coast and settled for the night in peacefull town of Swansea. Much nicer than the one in Wales but maybe a bit on the quiet side (what do you mean no internet after 5pm!?). Nevertheless it was a nice campsite and we witnessed what has to be a contender for best sunset of the whole trip (so far) over the lake.
