30/06/2022 I'm Far Too Busy Exploring to Update The Blog: Hallett Cove

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We're all settled in a new house with another elderly gentleman cat. This cat isn't so keen on company: he doesn't spend time hanging out in front of the TV, he doesn't do kittenish things like play with toys and he definitely does not cuddle up on any laps at night. He arrives in the kitchen twice a day and sociably demands dinner, after which he goes back to ignoring us until next mealtime. We had an initial firm discussion on appropriate dinnertime behaviour and then everything was hunky Dory.

And then the cat brought us a rat.  Just I wanted!
 

When we weren't feeding bad-mannered cats and cleaning up their rat presents, we went exploring using Hallett Cove as a base.  We walked through Hallett Cove Conservation park and explored the Sturt River Gorge and the top end of the Fleurieu Peninsula.  

Here's a few snapshots of what we got up to.


Port Noarlunga, where we watched other people scuba diving in the artificial reef off the end of the jetty


We had a picnic lunch in the last sunshine of a beautiful day, watching the clouds roll in across Gult St Vincent. 
The cliff tops of the Hallett Cove Conservation Park are the base of a glacial lake that melted 270 million years ago, leaving boulders and sedimentary deposits. The park is recognised as the best record of Permian glaciation in Australia and has international significance.





Leaving the cliffs behind, I climbed way too many steps on the way to the northern border of the Conservation Park.

I walked from the Conservation Park to Brighton, where Harry the seal entertained me at the jetty.  Harry was apparently well known at the jetty and regularly plays to an appreciative audience of children and walkers and a far less appreciative audience of fishermen and crabbers.  He was in full entertainment mode, swimming lazily up and down the length of the jetty and indulging in theatrical rolls and dives wherever the crowds were largest.



Sunset from Hallett Cove.








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