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Island sounds
During our first camp on South Molle, after all our mishaps and the mission to get there, my first impression was how quiet and peaceful the island was. Just the waves lapping gently at the shore, nothing more. Delicious peace at last! I decided to savour it by sitting in the shade and doing some meditation for half an hour or so.
I settled down, and started focusing on my breath – in, out, in, out – trying to quieten down my busy mind. But as my mind got quieter and quieter, the island seemed to get louder and louder! Birds were hooting, singing and chirruping; all sorts of creatures I had not yet encountered were scurrying, rustling, trilling, buzzing and scratching; and behind all this was the whistling and whispering from the sea and the wind in the she-oaks lining the beach.
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So we’re back safe and sound at our mainland campsite, after a fantastic few days camping at Sandy Bay on South Molle. No problems with getting there or back, our kit was just right, and we walked our legs off … Continue reading
Just saw a bandicoot!
Wildlife at our mainland campsite has pretty much been kookaburras and brush turkeys. The kookaburras are entertaining to watch, with their sharp-eyed hunting and territorial ways. The brush turkeys are annoying, pecking around for titbits and sometimes hopping into your car boot or onto the table if you’re not there to shoo them away.
Most entertaining is when the kookaburras decide they’ve had enough of the brush turkeys and chase them away, divebombing them and cackling.
Anyway, I digress. What I wanted to say was that tonight we just saw a bandicoot, which gave us a little bit of wildlife excitement.
Here’s a bandicoot:
He was a cute little fella, moving with a combination of scampering (front feet) and hopping (back feet). And bright black button eyes, like our little dog Soph.