Pics: Eugene, Oblong Turtle
Bob and I got up at five as we had planned to drive out to a nearby point and search for the rare Western Bristlebird… Mark left a note that he wanted to sleep in and was worried that all the rain would have made things too muddy. So we set out and found Two Peoples Nature Reserve without any trouble. It was not raining and the roads were all surfaced. We stopped the car in a car park where the Western Australian birder Frank O’Connor had successfully seen the bird about 9 years ago and there he, or his offspring was! Got good views and returned back to find Mark up.
We decided to drive downtown, get breakfast and use an internet café for the morning. Found a very Santa Cruzian café and had croissants, porridge, and scrambled eggs with chorizo sausage. Excellent! We agreed to meet at noon by the library as you can often hook your computer up there. I couldn’t, but found a scuba dive shop where I finally could blog a bit. Meanwhile RRZ looked for seabirds at The Gap in Torndirrup National Park.
We met up and drove to Lake Seppings next to a busy road where a birding trail was listed. Saw the Red-winged Fairy-wren and then spotted a very large foot-long turtle with an enormous neck as long as her shell, and then several more. They are migrating across the road to a golf course where they lay their eggs. We were worried for their safety, but then saw several “turtle patrol” volunteers slowing down traffic and guiding the turtles across! Pretty cool!
It gradually cleared and then became very windy, but still warm. Returned for naps, then set out for a Japanese restaurant at Emu Point where we got wonderful bowls of comforting seaweed soup and OK mains. Unfortunately, no alcohol whatsoever.
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