Jervis Bay Day 2

March 27th

Parrots on my tent in the morning

Woke up to parrots today. Had an early breakfast then hopped in the van. We met the same aboriginal guide as yesterday, Barry. He took us to go for a bush walk.

Sammy with a dead snake

We first walked over a log infested with Sydney Funnel Spiders, the most dangerous spiders in the world. Sammy pointed out grass trees in the same area. Their leaves grow like grass at a rate of an inch every 12 months. Sammy's tribe used to use the stems of the grass for food and the rest to make spears. Sammy's tribe was also very medically advanced, using plants from the forest to treat various ailments successfully.

Grass tree

Further along the walk we stumbled upon bull ants. These big red ants (at least 2 inches) are very territorial creatures. If you step on their mounds, hundreds of bull ants will crawl up your body from your legs and bite you all over. Some people have died because the bull ants tend to crawl up your nose in the process and suffocate you to death.

Bull ant, yikes!

On a more pleasant note, we ended the walk at a waterfall where we went through photos of Sammy's village and tribal history.

Squiggly tree

After the bush walk, we went surfing on cave beach. I fell of my board every which way in some pretty epic wipe outs, but I did manage to stand up once. It is hard to keep your balance on the board. The beach afterwords was a nice place to chill out on.

Cave Beach

We drove back and just hung out the rest of the night.

Me in a surf shirt before we went surfing

Keep it level!

Jono