We had to take the Mazda to Kings Smash Repairs in Eden as a result of my efforts. A pretty pleasant drive although there was lots of smoke haze from Habitat Reduction Burns.
The smoke was evident at the lookout over the Bay so we decided not to do a walk there, but to go to Cocora Beach and try the walk to Quarantine Bay. At the beach the pontoon was well endowed with a range of species of Cormorants.
The holey rock was looking photogenic.
As the walk emerged on to Quarantine Bay Road we came across a boat trailer graveyard.
There were several people cleaning fish and throwing scraps - in some cases quite large items to the team of cormorants, pelicans and stingrays below the tables. This guy was hand-feeding a very large stingray - I suspect an Eagle Ray. However, experts on iNaturalist have identified them as
Bathytoshia brevicaudata Smooth Stingray (also known as Short-tailed Stingray).
There were 2 rays present.
4 Sooty Oystercatchers watched on!
In a few centuries people will be mining this breakwater for Pelican and Cormorant guano!
At times the competition for food got a little vigorous.
Sometime the eyes hold more than the gullet!
So you have to retreat to shred your meal in peace.
The walk back was a bit of a slog going up 47m to a ridge line!
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