We had quite a lie-in this morning - the first of our holiday! However we still managed a 3 mile walk and some shopping in town before lunch. We were delighted to hear the news this morning that we are grand uncle and aunt as Phil and Max's daughter, Laura had a baby boy yesterday!

It was a beautiful morning. The lake in front of us was glassy when we got up. It is known as the lake but strictly speaking it is an estuary with a river flowing into it and an exit into the sea. Our view is across the lake towards the sea but we can't actually see it. There is a bridge across the lake just to our right.

View from our balcony with road bridge on right

To our left there are oyster beds, which are very important not only for the food industry here and up to Sydney but also they need clean water to grow well and therefore the "farmers" make sure the lake water is kept clean.

Oyster beds laid out beyond boats

A novel way of not taking your dog for a walk!

Our walk took us to the right of the bridge and onto a boardwalk which ran literally above the lake for most of its way up to a jetty. It was just over 1.5 miles and we were accompanied for most of the way by the sound of bell miners. These are quite gaudy birds but difficult to spot in the foliage. They are green with orange beaks and feet and have a piercing bell like call - hence the name! We also saw a yellow robin and several brown thornbirds. Further on we saw a metallic skink, which is like a shiny lizard - about 20cm long.

The boardwalk on the lake

At the jetty there was a cafe and we were able to have our coffee before returning! It was quite hot and we were glad of the refreshment. The lake is quite shallow and there were lots of tiny fish as well as some larger ones which jumped out of the water from time to time.

White ibis

For only the second time on this holiday we have found ourselves unable to drink the tap water. This is not because it is not drinkable but because it tastes really horrible in tea! The only other place we drank bottled water was in Wilson's Promontory where we were advised to because their water supply was rainwater.

So after buying bottled water we returned to the apartment for lunch and then stayed there for the afternoon! I told you this would get boring! We have been out for a lovely Italian meal this evening but that's all! We've got some good photos for you though!