Search for the Shy Albatross Day 24 : 09-09-2015

By Olivia and Callan

We started our great journey on a windy but sunny morning. From the Homestead we walked towards Spiers Bay and then to West Telegraph Beach. After a long and tiring slog we came to the blue rope that marked our exit to the sand dunes. Bashing through the bush on a narrow track we gathered a few scratches but ended at the top of a huge sea of sand. The wind has blown and exposed a scattered midden that belonged to Tasmanian Aborigines from long ago. We spotted a variety of things such as stone cutting tools, bones and abalone shells. It gave us hints about how life was lived here. Alastair also discovered sand hoppers that lived further from the beach than expected and collected samples. 

Over lunch we had a giant debate about whether Australia should stay a constitutional monarchy or become a republic. We slid down an especially long dune and headed back to the beach. While waiting for John and Bev in the troopie we climbed the granite boulders that are at the ends of every beach. During this nearly all of us  endured something annoying- scratches, falling into a booby trapped puddle, rolling ankles, hitting legs on wood etc. John and Bev arrived and we set about cleaning up the plastic that has accumulated in the wind swept corner. It was impossible to get all the tiny bits of plastic but we had a go. We  piled our gear into the trailer and headed home. Ruby and Kate didn't rest and went fishing for squid. No luck but there were some monster eels under the jetty. John says there are 4 that call it home. Everyone's sore and tired but we still had a fantastic time. Rat is coming over in his boat to take us to Albatross Island tomorrow!

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