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| Silver Gull, Pt Elliott, South Australia |
Recently my wife and I celebrated another milestone in our lives together. To mark the occasion we went driving down south from our home to the lovely South Coast of South Australia. This is just over an hour's drive from our home in Murray Bridge.
Our first stop was at the Milang Bakery to buy some lunch. We enjoyed eating our lunch on the lawn overlooking the nearby Lake Alexandrina. The mighty Murray River - Australia's largest river system - runs into this lake before moving out into the Southern Ocean.
After lunch, we explored Hindmarsh Island. This inland island is near Goolwa, and we stopped at a picnic spot on the island overlooking the Murray Mouth. There were plenty of pelicans, cormorants, a few ducks and several species of ibis as well as a few Cape Barren Geese, one of our rarer bird species.
For afternoon tea we had a cup of tea accompanied by some homemade biscuits. I choose a lovely spot overlooking Horseshoe Bay at Pt Elliott. This is a popular holiday destination for many people, and also with day-trippers like ourselves. While we were having our cuppa and enjoying the view, a Silver Gull posed nicely on a nearby interpretive sign. It stayed long enough for a series of photos, almost as if it was posing especially for me.
For dinner that night we went to one of our favourite restaurants in Victor Harbor. It was a fitting end to a relaxing day.
You can read more about Australian birds and see more photos of them on my other site, Trevor's Birding.
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| Silver Gull |
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| Horseshoe Bay, Pt Elliott, South Australia |
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| Horseshoe Bay, Pt Elliott, South Australia |
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