The heat wave continued through the week. Friday evening I met my coworker Dan and is wife and 2-year-old daughter at the beach. It was hot, but the water was wonderful and the sea was flat. I got a good one-hour swim in before they arrived. Dan joined a pick up game of beach crickett and I got roped into standing behind the wicket and throughing the missed balls back to the bowler. Apparently this is an important position, I am sure I did not show much promise at it though. I went with two coworkers, Gary and Kate, to a beach about 30 km south of Glenelg: Port Noarlunga (http://www.users.bigpond.com/sch57/portnoarlunga/portnorfront.html). There is a rock reef about 500 m offshore that just breaks the water surface and it attracts a lot of fish. So the place is also good for snorkeling and diving. There is a jetty that bridges out to the reef. We went with the hopes of doing a days snorkel on the reef, however, with a cold front coming through, the water was pretty rough; also we arrived just before high tide. We snorkeled anyway, but near the beach (we'll go back someday for the reef). It was actually pretty good even just off the beach. There was a school of fish right in the waves that were about 20 inches long (I think they were mullets, although they didn't have bad hair) and lots of other smaller creature and fish. We snorkeled for a couple of hours. Then we went to a local cafe and shared a seafood platter that had salt and pepper squid, prawns, garfish, whiting and chips. It was meant for two but did o.k. for the three of us. The garfish was particularly light and flaky... Last night I went for a walk and got some pictures at Glenelg jetty at sunset (with a borrowed camera):
Well, overnight the wind direction changed to be more southerly bringing cool air off the Southern Ocean. The heat wave is over and it is actually now kind of cool (mid 60's low 70's). Yesterday was the last hot day. Today I went for a hike in the Adelaide Hills. I was hoping to see some wildlife, but only saw some birds and lizards. The birds were real cheaky and would follow me until I wanted a picture then they would scoot away. I took a few pictures of the surroundings, they didn't turn out that well:
I want to a baseball game after the hike (the Cardinals again, see my earlier blogs). The Cardinals won and I chatted with Paul and Karen while thier son Matt played. Tonight, with the change in the weather, I thought there would be a good sunset, so I went to the beach. It was pretty nice but not so photogenic:
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Hi Shane,
You all made the papers pretty big over here with the heat wave and the fires.
Hope the fires are over as well as the heat.
Over here we could use some heat. Been a long winter in that snow or cold has been hitting us every week. Today is a welcome change intht we got into the 50s after a few single digits and low teens just a week back.
Went with Iza and kids on a Pirnie ski trip. Good times. Kids have picked it up nicely after a single lesson last year and a couple more this year. Went to Jiminy Peak in western Mass. Put the three into ski school and they got taken up to the the top by the instructors. Sophia was so zoned into it that she didn't even see or hear us as we called to her snowplowing by on the instructor's conga-line.
Work, well..., still here and makes for interesting times. Stimulus spent over years on..., meeting budget holes on programs created by drunken sailors (both parties). Excuse me, that wasn't fair to sailors who we know want to get drunk.
I digress (surprise!!!)
Pictures look great.
Paul.
ps hi Allie
Hey Paul,
I hope you enjoyed your warm spell, I understand Puxetawny Phil is perediciting more winter for you... It has remained cooler here since last weekend and the forecast remains cool through next week. Its good that the girls like skiing, it sounds like a good time. We went to Elk Mtn. over New Years weekend just before I left. It was my little winter...
The fires in Victoria were devistating and there is a large relief effort underway. Our office had a pot-luck tea this morning where people donated, we raised more than $1700 and SKM will match dollar for dollar. The area is still dry, there are still fires, so we are not entirely out of the woods yet...
Sailors certainly want to, but probably can't afford to get drunk in this economy!
Good hearing from you!
shane
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