This morning I got up at 6.00am to go bird watching.
At this point, members of my family are gasping and in various states of shock. Is this really my mother / daughter / sister / auntie, bird watching? She would never have the patience for that! It just goes to show how relaxed I am feeling and how intent on enjoying every aspect of this holiday.
Nick, the Ranger and I wandered through the wetlands behind the hotel and then down on the beach with our binoculars, on the lookout for birdlife. We saw some interesting species (apologies to any real bird fanciers reading this, I don’t quite recall which particular species). We also saw Dingo footprints on the beach – fresh footprints. As it happened, I was the only holiday maker keen enough to get up at that hour to go bird watching. I enjoyed myself and the grounds of the resort where we wandered are just “out of this world”.
Having had a mostly lazy morning, I decided to join the 3.00pm ranger guided “Mangrove Walk”. This was another beautiful and enjoyable walk, which involved us covering ourselves with Mangrove mud and walking the length of the beach until it dried off. My skin will never be the same again 🙂
Ann x
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Glad to see that you are photographing flowers, though this is the first I have seen., the banksia, I remember when I was in Australia, I brought one of my hosts a bunch of what I thought were exoctics and she said “Oh thanks a bunch of natives” there were several banksias in the bunch.
Bird watchng? I am sure we have a bird watching society in Ireland, you can join!!!!
Love Mam
I have more photos of flowers among the 1,500 or so photos I have taken so far on the holiday 🙂
Ann x
Well that is truly intriguing, suspect the hairdresser in Dublin gone bust at this point! – the birdwatching sounds marvellous as does the mudbath!
A trip to Newzealand could be a very interesting follow up. Donal, Kath, Tess and Grace coming to the end of their Ireland trip. They leave Dublin on friday and will stop in LA, Disney land on route to NewZealand.
Obviously the life of work continues for some of us and needless to say, it absorbes all of the hours of the day. Soo looking forward to your return and hearing the first hand account . Carol -:)
Thanks Carol. Hope you are not suggesting that I need a hairdresser 🙂 I suspect that the Dublin hairdressers are feeling the pinch but look at all the money I am saving! Look forward to catching up. Ann