Had some luck today in that Trevor has a nephew who is an IT whiz who offered to look at our external hard drive that we used to store or our pictures from this trip and all the stuff off our home computers. This drive somehow got corrupted before Xmas and we couldn’t use it which was a real blow to us. Quotes to get it reinstated were about $2000 with no guarantee of success. Anyway Charles was able to restore the drive for us (thank goodness) for the fraction of the cost. We were so relieved. We had a couple of nights showing Margy and Trevor our videos and photos of Africa, Maldives and Sri Lanka from a couple of years ago. Hope they weren’t too bored!
Visited the Warrawong Sanctuary on Sunday night for a nocturnal guided walk. Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary was first established in 1969 when dairy land was revegetated with native trees and shrubs to attract native animals and birds. In 1982 the 35 acres was enclosed with feral-proof fencing. Once the fence was completed, the bird population flourished and the release of many native animals began, including the elusive platypus. On 1st January 1985, Warrawong opened to the general public for the first time. Today, Warrawong is home to 100 species of birds and many native mammals, most of which are nocturnal and highly endangered. We were part of a small group and spent 1.5 hours walking around the sanctuary. It is very well set out with 5 habitat areas. The feral fence is 8 feet high and is very effective at keeping foxes, cats etc out. We saw bandicoots, potoroos, brushtail possum with baby, tammar wallabies, rufus bettongs and a woylie. We spent some time looking for a platypus but unfortunately didn’t see one (only a very quick poke at the surface). There are 15 in the park.
The next day Monday (1 Feb) John had to return the car to the radiator mechanic as the new radiator we had had fitted the week before was not holding water. the result was we had to get a new water pump (more unexpected car expenses). The car had to be left overnight so Margy and I drove to collect John after lunch and had fish and chips for lunch at a lovely beachside spot called Moana. We also went to Port Noarlunga which has some good snorkelling spots and we walked out along the jetty to exposed reefs (low tide). Looked great for snorkelling and very accessible from the end of the jetty. There were a few school groups snorkelling, and kayaking. It was a perfect day for it, warm and very calm water. I actually bought a 2mm 3/4 wetsuit for snorkelling and kayaking. I’ve been wanted one for a while and they were on special so I grabbed it. Later that day Trevor wanted to put a separator into each of his beehives (he has 5) to keep the queen bee out of the honey chamber (so she doesn’t lay larvae in it) so the honey can be harvested at a later stage and John helped him by smoking out the bees to make then docile (see pics). Something he hasn’t done since he was about 12 years old!
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