5May 2010

(Ever GET OFF THE TABLE - awww how cute, she's doing yoga on the table - 'EVER GET OFF THE TABLE'-I'm so easily distracted by cuteness)

Shark Bay.
Picture this...........Australia 2010. (Unknown fact - The film Australia was partially filmed in BOWEN of all places. Where we were stuck ((in a good way Bowen - no bad Karma here) for 3 days. Not 18 hours.)
Michel, Ever and I stumble upon (actually it was well planned upon stopping) Upstart Bay.
To our knowledge not a whole lot is known about it, other than, after sailing 40KN, it's a safe, and covered bay for us to rest and go for the next day.
At the last moment, after a big day of sailing, and all of us being a tad tired, and not wanting to just GO GO GO in the morning, we - Michel (read I) decide to spend the day here.
WHAT a FANTASTIC idea.

It's a wonderfully secure bay, with picturesque rocks poking out in the front, and the beach is a sandy coral (I'm so not good at describing....Google it).
Littered with sand dollars, and TIN HOUSES.
This area / bay is secluded from the mainland and supposedly only reachable by boat. (There are no roads leading to It.). (Well rumour has it, EVERYTHING must come by ship)
These houses (I had a good few peaks on our morning beach trek) are super cool! Completely made of tin on all sides and roof, with water tanks, big porches/patios, hammocks, TV aerials, air conditioning....(living life good boys) all with tinnies out front, quads, and little garages.
These places are where the BOYS go, for a week away - from the girls, they rough it, they tough it (or so they will say), they hunt, they fish, they watch the footie, and you get the idea - Michel loved it.
I was very impressed, but still waiting to hear in the distance; the faintest of banjo music playing the theme to Deliverance.
The beaches here, have fantastic rock formations, huge massive Flintstone - esque rocks, the bottoms of which are littered in OYSETERS. On any other day, YUM. But lately for me, I can not even think to eat one, let alone, imagine them in their shells.

So we searched for sand dollars, found some big crabs, ate a chicken roast, watched a baby shovel nose shark flit away from us, saw schools of fish, and all in all had another wonderful day.
Thank you Michel.
MUAAAH HAAAAAAAA UUUUAHHHH (Thats whale for Peace out).

Oh and the photos is of Ever about to go Kite Boarding.