Day 3 - Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary
Monday, 11 June 2012
Woken nice and early to the dawn chorus. A few gorges to check out today, and chauffeur obviously wanted to see them all. Off to Sir John Gorge. A lovely walk along the side clambering over rocks. Eventally found a sandy edge where we could swim. Being he only ones there, the gear was off and we were in the water. Before the clothes went on again, we discovered chauffeur had a large tick - heh, heh, guess where? Yep on his willy! I have never seen chauffeur move so fast. He was dressed and off heading back to the car with me racing along trying to keep up. The tick remover was in the glove box. I am sure it would have caused some ribald comments to any onlookers, the two of us trying to extract this tick. It was hanging on for all it was worth. And then it flicked off with such force we heard it ping into the open door of the car, where the glove box was open! After removing everything, we found it on the floor! Chauffeur's only comment "bet it thought it had hit the mother lode!"
Checked out a couple of other water holes before joining the rest of the convoy at Dimond Gorge where we entertained all with the tale of the Ticked Dick! Raucous laughter! Canoes had been hired and we enjoyed a "paddle up the creek". A most enjoyable day. Saw a dingo, 2 bustards, kangaroo, kingfisher, barramundi, quail and a TICK :)
Although the campsite was a bit ordinary, the bar area was nice, a huge fire to sit around nearby followed by a talk about what the wallas out here are all about. Really interesting.
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