Yardie Creek

Yesterday I didn't do anything because I was not feeling well, I think I had a bug, but I did get to watch a cartoon movie called The Outback.  

Today we drove to Yardie Creek and walked along the Nature Trail, then to the top of the gorge above the creek.  We started walking along and then I looked into the water and saw large fish playing at the surface of the water and millions of tadpole sized fish were swimming around in a whirlpool shape.  Then as we passed some Mangrove Trees we heard a screeching noise.  We looked into the bushes and saw… Fruit Bats!  It seemed we had woken them up because they were moving around still hanging upside down in their black elastic suit looking bodies, I loved their cute little brown furry heads.  

We continued the walk and saw some large and pretty birds and nests and then we saw something grey and red move in front of us.  We got up very close to the bush where we had seen the movement and saw a grey mummy Kangaroo with a red daddy Kangaroo and poking out of the mummies pouch was 2 adorable joey ears.  We were right next to them and they still didn't seem as if they wanted to hop away. Finally 2 more people came by and they hopped off, that was when I knew for sure the little ears belonged to a joey because as they hopped away it looked like someone put a heavy rock in the mummies pouch.  The walk was short but had spectacular views of the red cliffs and the bluey/brown water.  

After that we had a swim at Sandy Bay and Kade and I made a miniature sandlady (a snow lady made of sand) complete with hair, eyes and arms.  Then we went to Oyster Stacks and had a snorkel.  The fish were bright and large and mum thought she saw a harmless Reef Shark in the shadows of a large oyster stack.  Later in the afternoon back at Peaches we played a game of Yahtzee.