Tuesday 23/02/21 More of Stunning Streaky Bay

 We decided to rise early today and drive about 50km south to Baird Bay. We were hoping an early start would mean that the constant winds we’ve had may not be quite so strong but unfortunately it was still windy. Part of Baird Bay is an aquatic park and Sea-lion pups swim and play in the area. You can do a guided tour and swim with the sea-lions and dolphins but we were reluctant to book this because it has been so cool and windy. May be next time the weather will be kind to us! Rob drove along the beach as far as we could and we put kayak in. I saw the boat go out that accompanies the swim boat and it travelled a long way out into the wind and stopped a few kilometres from me on the lee side of an island. I made an attempt to kayak into the wind but with waves breaking into the kayak it was far too difficult. Instead I kayaked back to the town of Baird Bay and met Rob there. It was much easier. To be honest, to kayak to where the sea-lion pups swim would require a warm, perfect day! Returning to Streaky Bay we did a town walk before heading out on another fantastic drive, The Cape Bauer Look Drive. Once again amazing scenery, helped by the strong winds. At Hallys Beach we saw some very brave fishers, fishing from the beach. We had fun at Whistling Rocks and Blowholes, although the 7 blowholes were not “blowing” because the wind needed to be off-shore but the whistling rocks and spray from them made up for it! More great photos were taken at Cape Bauer but I’m sure you must be getting bored with the photos by now! We are heading to the Streaky Bay pub for tea tonight. It has good reviews and a Bistro and deck.

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