When it Rains it Pours....

It's a rainy day in Albany...but it's quite a relief to some degree.

Chance to catch up on chores and write some blog...  We had looked around the town a couple of days ago and decided it was okay but just another seasidy place... so we moved on to find camping for the night.  We spent the last few days on various stunning beaches (and rock) one night in a  beautiful bay called Shelley Beach where we camped right on the beach for the night.. Just as the light was going, a school of dolphins just skimmed along the shoreline they must have been 20 or more just bouncing and bobbing in and out of the water.  Apparently they were chasing all the fish into the corner of the bay where they then just swirl around and have what looked like a very choice feast.  It was very special to see them ...  taking photographs was quite difficult .... there is a dolphin in this picture! 

We spent the night with waves crashing against the beach and in the morning after Dr Fred had explored the boulders we moved on to another campsite which was not dissimilar,  except this time we were surrounded by beautiful shaped shady trees. 

We could still hear the waves crashing just over the fence - the beach is once again stunning but the waves are very high and it makes me a bit scared to go out in the sea. ... Dr Fred excelled himself by going into the sea wearing his vest, his trousers rolled above his knees...  socks and crocs!  unfortunately I didn't get a photograph to immortalize this fashionista icon....We wandered up and down the beach in the afternoon sun but fully aware that too much sun burns... I just caught my ankles when I forgot to reapply sun cream after paddling.. diferent kind of itchy feet

This morning we found a stick insect on the van...

we put it in the undergrowth and set off to have a drive around the other side of the bay.  From Shelleys beach the other day  - across the Frenchmans Bay, we could see this enormous granite cliff on the other side that just plunged straight into the sea and, one of us... was desperate to go look closer... 

We had a walk around Stoney Hill -

I even climbed a couple of boulders and we could see the rain coming in. 

At the lookout we could see where we had come from over the last week - Bluff Knoll standing out in silouette..

we could see the path leading to Peak Head - the granite cliff - I left Dr Fred to it ... how granite cliffs does a girl need!!! 

I had a long chat with a magpie who agreed to pose for me...

the explorer returned - a bit knackered but with another dozen or more crag photos 

and the rain arrived.. so we went shopping for food - mundane but necessary....