This blog is included to mark the first time that I ate abalone: lightly crumbed and cooked quickly on the BBQ. Devine. And another first … the first time a kookaburra flew down and, with great beakerity, stole half a stick of calamari from between my fingers. Cheeky bugger, I reckon it was the one on the left that wouldn’t look me in the eye. The second photo is taken from the caravan park foreshore looking across Walpole Inlet to Walpole. Indeed, the park was very restful with plenty of paddling opportunities close by and not at all marred by the kookaburra incident.