We drove down south to St Georges Basin to see our friends Sue and Stan. They made us welcome and we ate and drank very well!
Stan took us for a ride on his big boat (he has three!) a 22-foot trailer sailer – that’s a bermuda-rigged sailing boat with plenty of room for four and a cabin that can sleep two. We motored around the Basin to see some of the sights. It is a lovely quiet spot with lots of national park forest around it.
We dropped off the girls who walked back to the house through the bush tracks. The boys motored out into the basin to do some fishing. The catch was one small whiting which we threw back, but the fishing was very peaceful and enjoyable.
Stan is a keen bird watcher and has made his garden a haven for small birds with plenty of vegetation and several bird baths. It was entertaining to watch the birds taking a drink and a dip – tiny birds you don’t see in Sydney such as the yellow robin, the thornbill and the red-browed finch. Walking with Stan is a treat – he can spot birds you can’t see and he can tell you what they are.
We managed a couple of swims, one off the white sands of Hyams Beach and the other in the Basin. Water was lovely and warm, the air very hot! There were some big fires in the area a couple of weeks ago but the village of Basin View was spared.
