I finally got the husband out to look for whales.
Time is weird lately. Matt and I are crossing paths like ships in the night. Okay, one of the ships might be spending hours sitting in the study "working" (she might actually be crocheting) but we haven't been able to tee up a decent amount of time together recently.
And so, having spent a good couple of days whale watching I wanted to drag Matt out so he could get his fill of Vitamin Sea too. Honestly, there's just something pretty magical about watching the giants of the sea doing their thing. As soon as we got into Bass Point we started seeing the blows of quite a few whales...Yay!
...except these guys did not get the memo that I had promised Matt some whales just off the rocks and instead were a few Ks out to sea. Still, he was pretty stoked, especially when there were a few breaches for dramatic effect.
We decided to do a bit of rock scrambling - does this guy not know me at all?! - and I was doing an okay job of not falling. Go me, I guess. And then from behind the stand of sea-swept banksias a bird appeared. Now I've done enough time at Bass Point to recognise the silhouette straight away, and I've spent enough time in my body to recognise that to not ruin the moment I was going to have to sit down!
And so I plonked down (yes, with a thud. Child-bearing hips and all that) and poised ready to try and get some images of the gorgeous Eastern Osprey. These birds are listed as vulnerable so it always feels super special to see them. It dipped quickly out of sight but I know the score and so I sat and waited. Only a minute or two later it returned carrying what I thought at first was one fish but turns out two fish were having a very ordinary day!
Can you even imagine what it must have been like for the poor fish? One minute they're swimming away and the next they are flying through the air!
We did end the day with a very bouncy whale, so close in we could hear the slap of its fins as they hit the ocean. Of the two species of animals in the water that day, I'd much prefer to be the whale!
Eastern Osprey
Bass Point
