Tacking Point Lighthouse

Tacking Point Lighthouse is between Port Macquarie en Bonny Hills. A nice drive around the area this morning along a very beautiful coastline. And yes: plenty of dolphins in the water.

Wildlife in the National Park

The Kookaburra and the Possum. Cute and curious. The possum just came to the door of the caravan (the green mat is our doorstep-shoebox) and took of with half a mandarine.
The kookaburra is a different story. They are around here quite abundant, filling the park with their loud rolling-laugh.
Although you are supposed not to feed the wildlife here, I wanted to see how much they like some meat. So when I saw a pair of them in the tree just across our caravan, I got some ham and put it outside on the dry rack. Within a few seconds one of the birds grabbed it away in a quick sweep. Next step in my experiment: Hold some ham between your fingers in the air and hope for the best. Swoooffffffffff....very gently but quick, the ham was gone. Grabbed in full flight with his powerfull beak, without even touching me.
OK, next step: Get the videocam on a tripod (dutch:statief), aimed at the two birds acros the path, and switch it on. My goal was filming the bird flying towards the ham that I was going to hold up in front of the cam.
So I got some new ham, and watching the two birds I slowly walked towards the camera. Even before I could raise my hand.........BANG.........a bleeding finger, the hame gone, and a THIRD kookaburra that came from behind had a nice feed.
The only thing my camera has recorded is my own voice: F.CK !!!

KKB-Jan : 3-1

Lane Cove National Park, Sydney

Yes we are still in Sydney, in the suburb Ryde, in Lane Cove National Park. a very nice park, half an hour with public transport outside the hart of the city.
Unfortunatly we are forced to stay a little longer, because Pam is in hospital with gallbladder problems. She is doing OK, but next Wednesday or Thursday her gallbladder will be removed. Not sure yet how much recoverytime this will take.
In the meantime I keep myself busy as good as I can. It's a little boring but the weather is fine (cool at night !).

The three sisters

The three sisters are a famous rock formation in The Blue Mountains, 100 km West of Sydney, near Katoomba, towering above the Jamison valley.
Their names are Meehni, Wimlah, and Gunnadoo. One of Australia's beautiful views, and I was there.
We had a perfect day in the Blue Mountains.

Taronga Zoo, Sydney

Definitly a zoo with a view ! A redtail black cockatoo overlooking the Sydney harbour and the bridge. A great day, warm and sunny, and I especially enjoyed being back in the city I first visited in 2004.
A big disapointment was the view from Circular Quay. A few years ago you could sit down with a drink and enjoy the view of both the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Now some stupid city planners alowed the construction of a few apartment buildings, and the Opera House is no longer visible from Circular Quay. SHAME !!!!

Forster

The pelican in Forster. We stayed here three nights, on our way to Sydney. This is Not a statue, and the white stuff on the rock is NOT paint.
Forster brought another animal-experience: foxes. One morning, our neighbours showed us the leather sandals that they left outside the caravan during the night. The back strap was chewed away by foxes. I replied that we must have been lucky then, because our shoes were outside as well, and I did not notice anything. Until Pam asked where my other sandal was. We found it back under the caravan with the backstrap chewed as well.

Australia

And I am still enjoying !!