Merimbula has a natural harbour leading up into a series of large ,shallow saltwater lakes, large scale Oyster farming is carried out here( and I must say they are they are the best that I have tasted!) The mouth of the harbour is little more than a moving sand bank really and is known as "the Bar", only shallow drafted boats can navigate the bar because the exit channel is only a matter of feet wide and is compounded by strong currents and at times big surf rollers coming in off the Tasman sea, here are some photos that I took this week of boats crossing the bar(and in one case almost coming to disaster!, look for the two people in yellow life jackets!) and an archive shot of a boat that didn't make it!
One of the charter skippers has sort of adopted me as his honorary Whale spotter, and I'm getting free trips! so the rest of the photos are of Whales and Dolphins we saw, surfers riding the bar and some of the fish we caught! we managed it twice over the bar this week out of five aborted attempts!

The two ladies enjoying a glass of"Shlampagne" are my friend Mary and her friend Barbara, they are watching the Melbourne cup(on the telly! how sad is that!)

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