Squid at Whaling Cove
Today we went to the ocean west of Albany (though we’re still staying at the same caravan park tonight). Our first stop was at Whaling Cove where we did some snorkelling. There is supposed to be a snorkel trail here, but all we could see was the first plaque, and no indication of where to go from there. Instead we snorkelled in the bay to the south along the rocks on the edge. There were a lot of small squid here. It was fun to try and photograph them, as they would swim away quite fast when I dove down to get closer. There were also a lot of pretty yellow and black fish, though I didn’t get a very good picture of them. The water was rougher than I thought, so the camera was shaking a lot.
- Waves on the Southern Ocean at Natural Bridge
From there we drove to the Gap and Natural Bridge. There were some pretty impressive swells breaking over the rocks here, so I went back and got the video camera to film them. We met up again with Albert, the man from Switzerland we’d met back at Le Grand Beach campground, and had a lengthy chat before he left, and Enid and I cooked our lunch.
Next stop was the Blowholes. Here the ocean pounds into cracks in the rocks at least 2o metres below and forces the air and water out through the top. The sound of the rushing air was very impressive and loud, and once water mist came rushing out of the ground. It was travelling at a very high velocity.
We travelled to two other beaches, Salmon Harbour and Misery Beach. We didn’t go down to the ocean at either one but looked at them from viewpoints high above the water.
This morning we stopped at a caravan store and got another cap for the waste water drain. Since we have not been able to find one with the proper fitting, the salesman (who it turned out was originally a farmer from Manitoba) suggested making a part to fit. So on the way back into town tonight we stopped at Bunnings and I got a drill bit and round file. With those I was able to make a replacement cap out of the old one, so we are no longer have a leaky sewer hose.