a weekend writing retreat...

...that was somewhat railroaded by food poisoning. I nevertheless managed a solid start on the edits as mentioned in the last post, and a two-hour walk around the Cape Byron Lighthouse on Sunday morning.

The view north, from the forest walk from Byron Bay proper to the lighthouse:


The view south:


Another northerly view across the Bay from the lighthouse:


Two humpback whales making their way north - when they should have been going south - between two kayaks:


A closer view:

Whilst these two kayakers were taken somewhat by surprise (the whales simply swam straight for them), about ten minutes earlier an idiot from a larger group of kayaks made a beeline for the whales, despite clear regulations to stay away. Anyway, there were another two whales further out to sea, as well as a pod of about fifty dolphins that went majestically past the lighthouse.

A somewhat fearless Laughing Kookaburra also watching the whales and dolphins:


An Australian Brush-Turkey at the car park; these guys were everywhere:


A Masked Lapwing at the beach; their calls were incessant, night and day:


It's spring for everyone, including these Greater Crested Terns:


A farewell message I stumbled upon yesterday morning: