Wednesday 25 April 2018 Cuttagee

A good morning for a paddle

By 7.10am L was on the water, waiting for S&V and I to join him

 Heading up Little Cuttagee

Great Egrets

Rounding the head of the peninsular

It was a day for good reflections

Paddling down Cuttagee we came across the lonely giant jelly fish again, after L nearly brained it with his paddle - which is an oxymoron because jellyfish don't have brains!
So V&S got to see it too.  Interestingly it was in much the same spot that we'd seen it last week.

 Heading to into the creek

 The Chinook, sliding through the water

More reflections

 You may ask, what is the following pic here for.  Well if you look carefully on the branch at the extreme right - the blob you see is a male Lyrebird we disturbed.

We stopped for a 20 minute break at the 2nd entrance into Back Lagoon and then continued on upstream

Pencil Cedars

 V was keen to see how far we could get, the creek up here noticeably more shallow than the last time we paddled this section

A pair of Azure Kingfishers accompanied us up the final reaches of the creek

L, having prised himself from his boat, leads it to shore for our last break at 9.30am, whilst V&S went a little further upstream before returning to join us. Whilst having our break we discovered a shrub bearing bunches of fruit very similar looking to blueberries. S, in case it has slipped your mind, is meant to identify it for us.

Setting off again

Heading for home

Once back into Cuttagee we paddled into a light breeze and over ruffled water until we turned into Little Cuttagee where the final stretch was over still, glassy water. No sign of the shrimpie soup we encountered last week tho. We finished what was a lovely paddle at 11.15am.