30/11/15 Another windy day

 The wind didn't let up all night - maybe a little bit less , but not much . Today it continued and increased . We thought a walk would be good , so off we went through the park & out to South Beach where the wind was okay - it wasn't sand blasting us yet - so we thought , yes we'll walk with the wind behind us . We wandered down the beach to find seaweed washed up on shore , not just a little bit , there was mounds of it - I think there was some beach & sand underneath , but it was blanketed with seaweed & sea urchin shells .

  Finding our way up the headland , which is limestone & a bit crumbly , we startled a few birds - we haven't seen any of these before - they are basically black & white with very long crimson legs and a long skinny beak .

  Their legs would nearly be 300mm long - looks rather funny when they are flying - 2 long crimson legs hanging out behind them .
 Continuing on we found our way round to the fishermans monument again , before going down the foreshore .

There are quite a few boats moored in the marina , some a little newer than others . We were a little amused to see a few die hard fisherman arrive at the boat ramp and unload their tinies and head off to go fishing - there were more white caps than water - I hope they caught something !!
  The old jetty posts are still standing - JUST - and make for an interesting photo .

 We made our way back to the park , fighting the headwind all the way . We stopped and looked at a variegated bush that has red brush type flowers about the size of half a golf ball . The owner came out and told us it was a Japanese christmas bush and it flowers now till christmas time !! We chatted to him for a bit and thanked him for the information .
 The rest of the afternoon was spent fiddling about the RV , it was too windy to be doing much outside .
 Then around 6pm , we had someone knock on the door , I got up and met a man who had a letter from Sam ( the guy I played golf with on Saturday ) with his address & email , so we could catch up with them in Fremantle when we are down there . The most surprising thing about this was the man who delivered the message - he is an old Moss Vale resident  - Robert ( Skinny ) Maclean , who we hadn't seen for years , he now lives in Nowra . He got the letter when he was with some people at the other caravan park ( who are from Bundanoon ) , who were parked near Sam & Fiona .
  See , it doesn't matter where you are , there is always someone from where you live , that you run across . You might be thousands of kilometres from where you started , there's always someone else from the same place , and he's parked right beside us !!!
   That's it for a very windy Monday .