Clean Up Australia Day

Last Sunday was Clean Up Australia Day down at Barolin Rocks. After getting lost for a while, and going home to get a map, we arrived at Barolin Rocks, one of the locations set up for the day. We got registered and picked up our bag and gloves and started scavenging for trash. What a clean spot! There was barely any garbage to be picked up. We scouted around for about 45 mins and found only a cardboard box, a few scraps of paper, a piece of styrofoam and a bottle cap (and lots of ants) but we felt like we'd done our duty. We took the bag home with the intention of finding a part of Australia that needs to be cleaned (though I admit we were lullued by the sea's siren song as soon as we got home because the ocean was looking gorgeous, so nice and calm). The rest of Sunday involved a nice long swim, a bit of body surfing (and enough of a dunking that Phil's nose was leaking all day), a few drinks and a game of backgammon (I got wholloped - 3-0).

On the way back home, we drove past an open field that had a family of kangaroos!! Imagine my excitement! I sprang from the car and walked up to get this shot (I had to zoom in on the photo, there was no way to get too close). I had terrible visions of getting boxed by the male 'roo, so Phil went in closer and got a couple more great action shots of the family heading for the hills. These are the first kangaroos I have seen in Australia, so I feel very happy to have finally seen one of its most famous animals. Now I just have to hold a koala....