Seals by Sea

Thursday 27th September

Today we went to see the seals at Cape Bridgewater.  First, we stopped at Portland and saw the B-doubles being emptied of woodchip at the Port.

We walked to the see the seals and we saw lots and lots of shells.  Some were the same, some were different and I collected more than 30 shells.

We went on the RIB out to see the seals.  The boat was slow at the start but it went faster in the waves.  We had to hang on tight. 

We saw Australia's largest mainland colony of Australian Fur Seals and we also saw the smaller New Zealand Fur Seals.

They were doing tricks in the water - flips and turns and doing headstands with their flippers out of the water.

We went inside a big cave.  There were seals inside and it stunk like lots of fish!!

 

 

From Mia

The great ocean road!!

Tuesday 25th September

 

Happy Birthday Liam

 

So what does a 5 year old do for his birthday?

 

 

 

Goes for a ride on a chopper ride of course!!

 



The great ocean road is most amazing coastline I think I have ever seen.  It sure helped being able to see it from the sky but it was certainly spectacular from whatever angle was available.  The rugged windswept cliff faces combined with the rich history of shipwrecks and the unsettled weather we experienced on the road definitely allowed us to imagine the fury of the past storms this region has had.  Today's beauty and the ruggedness was beautiful.  The road definately lived up to my expectations and just makes us want to see more of Australia's wonderful exposed coastline.

Watch out Tarzan, the Pitts are coming!

Monday 24th September

 

Liam:  Sam was lifting Lachy up and testing how strong it was.  Sam said that Lachy could ride on the zipline tomorrow.

 

Mia:  Today we wnt on the Zipline at the Otway Fly.  I went fast and it was a bit high. 

 

Kylie:  The Otway Fly is the largest Zipline in the southern hemisphere.  You can get up to speeds of 60km and hour with the longest zip being 120m long and 20m above the ground.   There is a heap of safety equipment and it's all very exciting getting sorted for the adventure.  Liam was attached to Shane, Mia attached to myself and Lachy was the smallest child that they had independently zipping in the two years that they have been operating.  We are so extremely proud of Lachy - it was such a huge achievement going outside of his comfort zone.  He only told me he was scared once, I said I wasn't (but really I was and I told him so after we had finished).  It was a fantastic experience and I can honestly say the longest zip was absolutely brilliant.  I thought I would never say that. 

 

The first two photos are Lachy with the guide, Sam who was double checking that Lachy fitted the equipment safely the day before we went on the zip.

 

Liam: Look at me, I am at the Zipline up very high.

Here's Mia and I getting loaded on.

 



Go Lachy go!!

 

 

We also had to walk across to two bridges.

 

This is cool!

 



 

 

 

Wow what an experience!!

 

 Now get in we've got some rock climbing to do after I have lunch.

 

Right, you ready, I'll drop you off at the top for some more adventure.  You lot just can't get enough