As today was Dave and Rose’s last full day with us we had a pancake brekkie together ably cooked by Dave!! The weather was again nice although there had been heavy showers again overnight.

After a leisurely breakfast we drove down to find the beach with shells that the local had told Rose about yesterday.

We walked down the boat ramp access road and on to the beach where there were a few fishos fishing off the beach and from their boats. As we walked along the beach, we could see one guy struggling to bring in what appeared to be a big fish but as we got closer, we realised that he had snagged a turtle!! Trev helped him free the turtle who was not yet fully grown – he was cute but after a couple of quick pics we released him and he swam off, fortunately uninjured.

We made our way around the rocky headland to several small beaches with lovely rockpools and lots of shells – and spent an hour or so shell fossicking. A few of the rockpools had colonies of live cowrie shells in them – wonderful to see!

When we had finished looking around, we went back to Minnie Water General Store for another homemade pie….delicious!!

As it was warm we decided to go for a drive along the beach and stop at a good place for a swim. The tide was out and there were a few gutters that were deep enough to swim in – the surf was like a washing machine so it was good to have a calmer area to swim in.

When we got back, Barney the goanna was out and about – Rosie had tried feeding him yesterday but he was very forward – chasing her into her van after more food… but she had some meat scraps she wanted to give him so Dave did the honours…. Barney was much more respectful of males and just ate what he was given – not coming back for more!!

As it was the Well’s last night, they spent the afternoon packing up aiming to leave early tomorrow to drive home to Sydney. We still had a week left and were just going as far as Point Plomer tomorrow… so Trev did a bit of reorganising in preparation for our journey tomorrow…