Coorong :: Day 5 :: Coorong

I wished I had my SLR zoom camera. The birdlife was plentiful here.

It was another picture perfect day of blue sky and slight breeze. The flies were naturally swatted away. 

I walked onto the lagoon in the morning to revisit the fields of flowers we walked through last night. Mi arranged a bouquet from them.

Kim and Thomas took out the kayak and paddled to the opposite side of the lagoon. It took them about an hour to arrive. We were watching nervously through the telescope. At times, they would disappear from view as the orange kayak would be parallel to the view finder. Then we would breathe a sigh of relief when the kayak was perpendicular again. We were grateful for the kayak to be so bright against the blue grey water.

They radioed us with the UHF walkie-talkies when they landed. They dragged the kayak to shore in order to spent a little time exploring the other side but they couldn’t find a path and kayaked back again.

We used some silver beet from the garden for our lunch. It was nice to cook with the family. Each of us fell into a role and made it together. Ella Mae harvested the silver beet from the kitchen garden. I harvested some mint. Pa and Mi made the soup. It was like the Wombat Soup, only not poisonous but delicious. The boys arrived back just in time for a shower before we sat down for a hearty meal…again!

It was nice to feel that we didn’t have to go anywhere. We read. We sat at the decking and watched the lagoon. We listened to the sea and birds. We sat and listened to the frogs in the garden. We had afternoon naps.

 

It was peaceful.

We watched the Storm Boy. This film was adapted from a story of the same name by Colin Thiele. I remember this author with fondness as my Year 9 teacher, Mrs Bristow, introduced the class to his work. Thomas was inspired by the Mike and pleaded for a pet pelican or two or even three!

We played Monopoly yet again. Even Pa participated as the banker.

For dinner, we had a very meaty BBQ. We over catered Wong-style again.

Another beautiful sunset graced us. How lucky are we?

We watched the stars appear one by one until they sprinkled the whole cold night sky as they gathered our memories. The next time we see the stars, they will remind us of this privilege of being together.