Pink Jellyfish
Spring Flowers
Drive back to Ballina today
Ballina Scenery It was so hot this morning while I was on my 6.30am walk yet the first day of summer isn't until tomorrow! Despite that, we heard on the news today that the Snowy Mtns in NSW actually had snow falls today. Unbelievable. What is happening to the weather??
The spring flowers are fading fast, but are still looking beautiful. It was an hour before high tide so the river was alive with bait fish and I even saw this unusual pink jellyfish swimming towards the ocean. I was able to quickly take a photo of it before it disappeared from sight. I have searched the internet and haven't found a name for it yet, but I can only expect it has a nasty sting. It would have been about 10" in length and about 6" wide. Yesterday we were having morning tea with friends up visiting from Canberra, and we saw four different pods of dolphins cavorting in the ocean in front of us - delightful.
In the middle of my walk this morning I dropped in for a cup of coffee with my Aunt and then we both called in on her friend to check out her latest oil painting handiwork. I then walked home and shortly afterwards my eldest sister rang me to say that her and her husband were taking a trip up to the Gold Coast to visit our mother, asked if I would like to join them. They were leaving in 1.5 hrs, so plenty of time for me to be ready and waiting. We had a lovely drive up and back, visited with mum and had a very pleasant lunch overlooking the broadwater with yet another sister. Our youngest sister had to work in Brisbane and missed out on the opportunity. So farewell Spring, tomorrow is the first day of summer!
And to think I was looking for dolphins all the way over in WA. I could have stayed in NSW and seen them :).
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