The difference of a day on Take a Break!
October 20, 2025
With one of the wildest days of weather during this week’s Take a Break program, a scheduled boat charter for the following day was looking unlikely.
What a difference a day makes! We woke to sunny skies, mild winds and calm seas – a perfect day for a boat charter. After an initial visit to the Marine Discovery Centre, the participants had an awesome introduction to some of the creatures that live in the surrounding waters.
On the boat charter, it was the children’s turn to try and find some of these marine creatures as they sorted through seaweed trolled from the back of our boat. It was not long before the first finds were made and the buckets stared filling with a variety of creatures, including decorator crabs, tiny oysters, shrimps and sea stars.
Then we reached Pope’s Eye and got a close look and smell of the resident Australian fur seals and nesting Australasian gannets. We departed with the hope of seeing some dolphins on the return trip. Despite no dolphin sightings, everyone agreed it had been an awesome trip!
