Where? Where? Wedgie! 2018 Day 25 : 25-05-2018

If you’re reading this on Friday morning then ‘Happy Wedgie Day’! The three days of surveys have finally begun. Over at www.naturetrackers.com.au Clare will be posting on a separate survey discussion board with results as they come in.

James and I are in position at the southern end of Moulters Inlet after a paddle from Melaleuca in a double sea kayak. Roaring 40’s Kayaking have a fleet of kayaks down here to take visitors on tours around Bathurst Harbour and Port Davey. At this time of year the weather is unpredictable and days short so there are no tours running. Luckily for us it’s been calm and mild all day. The water coming off he mountains is stained a dark tea colour from passing through and collecting tannins for the peat soils. The paddles disappear under just 30cm of water. We wondered how sea eagles would go hunting if they couldn’t easily see fish. Then a juvenile sea eagle flew past. It must be okay still.

The same eagle kept perching further up the inlet so we saw it take off several times. Black swans and small diving birds, maybe grebes, were also seen. But overall the animal life was quiet.

Mt Rugby came into full view as we entered Bathurst Harbour. Around the shoreline bright white rocks are exposed above the high tide line. These rocks are an ancient sandstone that has been squeezed and heated over hundreds of millions of years to form quartzite.

Into Moulters Inlet we got our first good look at where we’ll be surveying tomorrow and Saturday. Looks scrubby and tough. We have gloves, long pants, gaiters and glasses to tackle it. We may not see a Wedgie, but we’ll be here if one chooses to fly by. Come in Wedgies!

Good luck if your class is out and about tomorrow. I’ll post reports over the weekend and do final report on Monday with the videos to finish the expedition. There will be student and teacher surveys so please tune back in early next week.

Today’s t-shirt winner is: netballerraspberry15 for their expert answer