Ashley Maree

This is a squid boat with enough lighting to be seen from space.  It seems the squids come to the surface following the food trail that is attracted by the lights. These globes are $400 each and they power them all up at the same time.  This boat can take a month out on the seas to fill with squid and will roam far south of Tassie to do it.

Cap'n Salty Dog and the Ashley Maree

The Point

The point about The Point is that it is a big subdivision with all these water channels and lakes and it has been dugout and sited in a land locked position. Now we see the bike track is to be diverted while a channel is dug to get water in.  Some of us buy houses with the water already next door. The bike track was busy with Sunday riders. I estimate around 50 bikes were out and about. Our biking is improving with another 25 kms today. We stopped at the Beaches Cafe in main street Queenscliff. The coffee was good but there was no toilet so give it a miss.

Those yuppies

After Dark

We wandered around the centre of Geelong and had a closer look at the arts precinct.  We have been in the gallery before but it was our first look inside the new multi-story library. There was a martial arts show on with a choir group providing a musical background. Weird.  We went across the road to the GPAC Performing Arts Centre. There was a queue for Splash Test Dummies so we left.  Its worth remembering though as there are full on stage productions held here.

These guys look familiar but I can't think from where

Big Ears

I think I have found a new favourite spot. It has a bar and serves spaghetti and meat balls.  We found a small table for two with small chairs but it was quite a sizable serving of four large balls.  We have been in Little Malop St before mainly chasing down the secondhand book store during the day but this is our first outing at night and there was a crowd. The area was transformed for the After Dark party which is Geelong's equivalent of the White Night. I would call it more like Alternative. One of the shows we saw was called Assembly Room.

Cheers Big Ears

Assembling in the Street

The Quiet Game

This is a whodunit set in the south of the US.  More like a cold case which was reopened by a returning resident who is now a lawyer and crime writer.  A tight web around the old girl friend, her corrupt father/judge, some bad cops and a newspaper reporter are all trying to keep secrets. Not to mention the former FBI man and the now promoted, dodgy FBI man. Did I forget J Edgar Hoover has a posthumous role.  The way is strewn with bodies before things are solved.

Clifton Falls

I can't actually find this waterfall (more like a cascade) on the map, so I name it Clifton Falls, since nobody else has. First thing this morning, we spied the Council man and his bobcat heading down to the beach yet again.  There were big storms last night and I suspect someone has put the wind up them,  as the last time they came all the damage was repaired but they ignored the obstructions that caused the diversion in the first place.  So now all has been cleared and the flow is directed away from the beach.  I kept going up into the hills to follow its course. I have not been this muddy since my rogaining days.

Stormy Yu Yangs

Upstream view

cascade channel

Hover Kite

This one does not have a string.  We have seen a number of hover birds and at the moment there are a pair of Black Shouldered Kites hanging around.  We have previously had Kestrels but now we have Kites.  Watch for the slo-mo where the Kite looks at me eye to eye over his right Black Shoulder. It's like I'm flying with Kites.

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