Woke up early and headed over to fizit‘s. We jumped in a car and drove down to Queenscliff on the Bellarine peninsula. Had breakfast and a coffee spearmint shake like I used to have from Chatswood Chase Oak Milkbar and then wandered around looking in shops, looking at lovely jewellery…
Then headed for the jetty, got into a long purple wetsuit, and headed out to the bay. Snorkelled and saw gannets and fish and starfish and lots of seaweed. Swam with seals and a pod of dolphins.
The seals rolled on their backs for us, slipped into the water and played, snapped at each other and teased each other. The dolphins were graceful and demure, rising from the water in harmony, then dipping beneath us. That bit felt a little rushed, unfortunately, as we were holding onto a rope played out behind the boat at the time and I kept feeling like I was being told ‘watch them, watch them or you’ll miss them’ instead of just enjoying the experience. It was a little like my skydive experience, actually, where what other people are telling me I “ought” to enjoy and it isn’t necessarily what I enjoy and next time I do it I’ll know my own needs.
On the way back, saw fairy penguins and basked in the sun. Apparently there was also a stingray but I missed that one.
We were hungry after that so we ducked into Farm Foods and bought smoked trout and olives and portobello mushroom paté and beetroot relish and ate them at a kerbside table.
And then we drove back to town, relaxed and happy and when I got home, I got a phone call from daisynerd and a text message from journey2master saying he’s arriving tomorrow at 4.30pm!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like I said, a good day.