Having had my camera return after K1’s tour of Melbourne, a post today consisting mainly of photographs.  I am indebted to Jonathan Bailey, our Environmental Officer, who, after our Australian Authority Inspection yesterday, managed to get ashore for a tour and take some stunning wildlife photos.

First though some of Karen’s, she along with usual companions, K2 and Hazel, went to the Yarra Valley wine-growing district.

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The Chandon Cellar

The ladies

Having taught Karen about ‘depths of field’ and aperture, a lovely photo of a glass and flowers growing out of it 🙂

The Jonathan’s, our Environmental Officer…

Koala’s

Cockatoo

Kangaroo

Yesterday I mentioned the ‘Rip’ in my post, the body of water where Melbourne Bay meets to open water of the Bass Straits.  We went through with an ebb tide, (south-going) and wind from the south.  The tide was at 3.7 knots, about 4mph/6½kph.  My photos don’t do justice as to how it looked, however here are a couple I took as we went through.

One of the eddy’s

The standing waves; from 100 feet up, they don’t look much, however they were 4-5 high, merely caused by wind against tide

 Finally, one of Karen’s; us leaving Melbourne,