There are some pretty nice views of the lake islands, on which there are apparently some roo's (we only saw goats), and of the mountains inland. We sat outside to start with but it started raining and with the wind it was a bit chilly, so we headed inside and got chatting to the captain. We started asking about dolphins and he said that he'd already seen some today - and he didn't tell us !!!
Luckily, we were still chatting with him when we got back to the "Entrance" when Flipper and friends reappeared. Captain pointed them out this time, and we all got very excited. The dolphins were in a friendly mood this afternoon and came and swam quite close to the boat. This was really a treat for us as we so badly wanted to see them at the Mornington Peninsula.
After leaving the boat, we headed down to 90mile beach to see what we've missed out on - its basically a lovely golden beach which stretches out for miles on either side, with a few decent waves, and no one around. Perfect for sunbathing ;) Although the wind was a bit strong and the sand whipped you pretty bad
When we got back to the cottage, Marc was chatting with John about wildlife and asking where we could see possums. We thought there must be some around as they had been eating food we'd left out. He then got a bit mysterious and said that he'd come and pick us up and about 8:30 and that we may see more than possums!?!?
So around he came at 8:30 and he told us to pick up our drinks and grab a jumper cos we were gonna be a while. He led us back passed the office and we ended up at his cottage. He then told us to take a seat by the fire and watch his "bird" table on the tree, which he then loaded up with bread and strawberries. And we should also watch the trees cos these things jump...
Intrigued we chatted and kept our eyes open, and after about 10 minutes, John spotted the first sugar glider jumping in the trees. It then came down to the table and we got a good look. These things were a bit tentative, but we were soon called over to hand feed them the bread and straws'.
It was soon after that the bushes started rustling again, as the possums decided they wanted a piece of the action. Then we heard a clatter as the possums jumped down from the trees on to the neighbours roof. This guy came out wandering what was going on, and wasn't too impressed that possums were disturbing his peace.
In all we spent about 1hr and a half here, enjoying feeding and watching all these possums and sugar gliders, hoping that Wally the Wombat would join us. He never showed, but it was still great to see these cutesy animals. John told us that was the reason he brought this place 4 years ago - it may cost him $300 a week to feed all the animals (the kookaburras in particular have expensive tastes in steak), but he's enjoyed every minute of trying to tame these animals so that he can now hand feed them. What a nice retirement....
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