Forester kangaroo and joey
We hiked to Archers Knob, a hill of about 120 metres height just back from the beach. We did so by going around the southern side of a small lake (a “lagoon”) where we saw a number of birds including black swans, ducks, a grey faced heron and others. We also saw a few Forester Kangaroos with joeys. One had a large joey in her pouch as well as one at foot. There are good views along the ocean back to Port Sorell as well as of Bakers beach, a long beach several kilometres in length, on which we could see four people walking from the top of the hill.
On the way back we stopped at the bird hide. However, there were no birds on the lake on the side with the hide, and so we got much better views of them from the open grass on the other side when we walked in. We did hear several small animals (or large birds) in the bush, but didn’t see any of them.
We ate lunch after we got back to our motorhome at the information centre. Afterward we drove in to Griffiths Point (where we walked to yesterday) and when we stopped saw a pademelon. They look much like a wallaby, but are a bit smaller and have a skinny tail. It disappeared so quickly into the bush that we got only a glimpse, and didn’t get any picture of it.
This afternoon we went for a swim. The water isn’t very warm, but it was warm enough not to be uncomfortable. Since it wasn’t very sunny today, mostly hazy with the sun occasionally breaking through we didn’t stay in the water too long, but did wash our hair.