Shelley Beach

This morning was overcast and cold,somewhat ruining this spectacular beach. I spent most of the day reading. Quite a few people came here today. They were either fishing or looking for wildflowers. There are a few orchids which get the old ladies hot and bothered. Two saffas parked up right next to me and had the dumbest conversation about evolution. They were trying to figure out why all the bees decided to get nectar and why the flowers decided to put pollen on the bees legs. They couldn't work it out so they decided it must be wrong. I wanted to tell them that at no point in evolution did anything make a decision to do anything, but that would require talking to them so I left for some peace.

I went for a walk up to the end of a beach but couldn't find an easy way to the next beach. There was a goat path but I'm not a goat. I sat on a rock and watched this guy with a paraglider attempting to take off. He'd get the parachute bit up in the air but I think he couldn't get it to lean forward where he wanted to run. It kept falling over backwards. I was fascinated, mostly because it seemed that when he did take off he'd most likely crash spectacularly. Eventually he gave up.

Not much else to report. The ranger came round but I laid low until he left and he didn't seem interested in collecting money. Also my new mattress has been outstanding! Only took 4 failures to get that right!

I'll head off tomorrow. I'm thinking a big day to Ravensthorpe. Then out to Hyden to wave rock, back to Ravensthorpe and along to Esperance. A day or 2 there, then up and across the Nullarbor. I suppose I should visit Adelaide, then to the Great Ocean Road, then up to the Murray, follow it for a while, then I guess Canberra, maybe stop in at Bowral, go through Sydney as quickly as possible to Newcastle then home.

Not sure how long that'll take but I reckon I'll be home in time to do some work before Christmas.

This is Walpole.