Kayak Trip

Ok, so its been a week since my last post, and it is obvious that things have happened. But along with those things that happened, an 18 page paper on the post WWII immigration policies of Australia relative to labour and militaristic needs happened. Sorry I didnt blog- priorities!

Anyways, we did go sea kayaking last Sunday, and it was a great experience. We got picked up in a bus at 7:45 am and taken to a bay south of Freo by about an hour.

Our itinerary was to kayak to Seal Island, an island where people are not allowed to go, and pull up just short of the shore. Sea lions and seals naturally live there, and are right in front of your face. There were a few in the water just in front of our boat, much closer than you could get to tame ones in a zoo. Many stayed on land because the temperatures were over 100 degrees that day.

From there we kayaked to the next place- Penguin Island. It is an island that is home to a natural penguin population. We disembarked, and walked around the island. There are some great beaches there, and we also got to snorkel around some reefs off of the side of the place. There were exotic fish on a shelf, and though we didn't see a ton, the fish we saw were pretty cool. We explored on some large rock formations and caves before taking a break for lunch.

Afterwards there is a penguin building where they take care of injured and abandoned penguins. We got to see them swim around and be fed, which was pretty neat. The kayaking was a blast, a little painful by the end of it, but great. In total we went about 5 km, sometimes into ocean currents.