10th Jan – The Entrance & Somersby

We awoke to find the day cool and overcast, to add insult to injury there was no surf so it is time to explore some neighbouring areas. We headed to The Entrance (20 min down the road) and went for a walk along the Entrance boardwalk to the sea water Baths and the boys jumped in and had a bit of a swim. It is great to see the boys enjoying walks and exploring the bush with us and take in everything there is to see and enjoy about our natural surroundings, from the tiny little shells on the beach, to the birds flying past and the odd possum! We discovered only 38km away from Nora Head was a set of Waterfalls called “SOMERSBY”, so we had to go and take a look, not a large amount of running water over the falls but with the 3 levels to walk to and the Superb Fairy Wrens feeding their young along away it made for a great experience, the photos reflect the lovely beauty once again Australia has to offer.

We read that The Entrance had a Pelican feeding session at 3.30pm so we headed back and just caught the start of it, wow were there some people ...and Pelicans! We learnt a few interesting facts about our native Pelicans, they are the largest water bird, they live for around 20 years and the feeding started from a fish and chip shop employee offering them leftovers and it continued from there along with the support of the local council. The Pelican has a wing span of 1.5 to 2 metres and can reach heights of 3000 metres staying airborne for in excess of 24 hours. Considering how big Pelicans are they only eat about 1 – 2 kilos per day. The boys managed to pat a Pelican that came past, they thought it was pretty cool and it gave them another animal experience to add to their long list.













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