We left Tilba and headed down to Eden, stopping at Merimbula for lunch. At Eden we went down to the wharf, where a fishing trawler was just arriving back. We watched them unload the first truck load of the 170 boxes of fish they had caught that day! We then went further around the bay and found a seal resting on the rocks, which the boys found exciting as they were able to get up close to it.
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| Merimbula - stopped for lunch and a quick dip |
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| Watching Trawler unload it's big catch |
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| Seal at Eden |
We visited the Whale Museum. It is great that whaling in now illegal, but it was very interesting to learn how they used to catch whales and drag them back into shore all while in row boats. The most amazing story was to learn about ‘Old Tom’ the killer whale, who would assist by herding in a larger whale to be killed, would then ‘cry’ out to the whale hunters and would even be known to grab hold of ropes on their boats to tow them out to the whale and then help tow the harpooned whale back in again.
That night we camped on a beautiful secluded beach just south of Eden at Saltwater Creek. We planned to do a bit of fishing there and have a swim but a change came through and it rained so we spent most of the time in the tents! But Aidan and Cody did enjoy patting the wild kangaroos around our campsite as we set up camp.
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