Some Photos of Nature in November

 The first couple of snaps are of a local identity who strolled across Angophora Drive as we came back from our morning walk

Later that day the very strong wind (the daily run of 494 km was the third longest I have recorded here) made interesting patterns on Bottom Lake.  I'm sure if we had been unwise - or desperate - enough to be out there in our kayaks we'd call them waves, but power boaters would call them ripples.

On the afternoon of 11 November we went for a stroll on what little beach is left at Bastion Point.  On getting round the corner an angler was hauling something in.  It turned out to be this attractively coloured stingray, identified on iNaturalist.org as a Southern Eagle Ray.  

The captor released the fish, pushing it back into the water with the butt of his rod announcing "I don't want to end up like Steve Irwin."

Later in the evening it looked as though we were going to get some serious rain ..

.. accompanied by a son et lumiere performance.

We only scored 1.6 mm of rain (and a later, larger, cell was completely diverted around us).  There were a few flashes and bangs however,