Nelson Bay – Making friends with stingrays

No walk  this morning and as you can see I was up early enough to watch the full moon set.

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Today we went to the Australian Shark & Ray Center. Unfortunately Athena wasn’t feeling the best so she stayed home. This was our 3rd visit here and as always we enjoyed it. You can either feed the rays from the side…

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or don wetsuit/waders and go in with them.

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These eagle rays are my favourites. They are just so cute.

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Love how they come to check out if you’ve got food.

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Christy also spent a lot of time with these rays.

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And got the give the big black ray a cuddle and kiss.

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I have mixed feelings about the center because I found out most of the rays are caught just to be here, even a huge shark (that has no business being in such a small tank 🙁 ), but then I know how important education is as well. Just because of shark I don’t think we’ll be back.

After our time here Christy went for a toboggan ride…

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We then picked up Amy and went out for lunch at the Boat Shed. This used to be a cafe but is now a restaurant.

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Not a bad view, but we waited a LONG time for our food and some was great, some just average.

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Christy’s turkish bread was a winner and she got two serves.

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We got back to the apartment about 3pm and relaxed for the afternoon. It was a pretty hot day and I really didn’t want to be out in the sun.

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Tonights dinner was my Bangkok special – egg, cheese, lettuce, tomato & mayo toasted sandwich.

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Can’t believe it’s our last night and we head home tomorrow.