A little while ago we had a few days down at Wingan Inlet. Its an interesting place on the East Coast of Australia facing into Bass Strait.
There is a seal colony just off the beach on some small rock islands. Those islands are covered in seals. The noise they make can be heard at the camp site a couple of kilometres away.
The seals are on that rock island in the background
The diving is pretty good also. Lots of abalone, which is pretty unusual because the professional divers and poachers usually keep the reefs picked clean. I think its just a bit to far from boat ramps and launching places for causal access.
abalone – they are pretty tasty
I took the sea kayak out for a trip around the seal colony. Pretty scary in a boat I was not familiar with in a place that I was not familiar with with possibility of unpredictable wave action and currents due to the island. I nearly got wiped out coming back in when a couple of larger waves from an unexpected direction pushed me to close to the rocks on the north side of the river mouth. It was worth it though.
River mouth
A happy boy going for dive with his sister