The ship wreck the etheal4/5
Today we did the history and a really, really liked it because it was really interesting, because we could see and touch what we were learning about. We started of by driving out of the drive way but before we could drive onto the road Moff stopped and talked about this tree. This tree is called Norfolk pine, this tree grows by the coast and it grows there because all then sailors planted it there as it is so straight and can be used for masts. It can grow for around 200-300 years and is native to Australia. After we drove down to the jetty and tried to find the mine knowone managed to do. After Moff telling us it was the caravan park we knew why. As it is dug out of the cliff and is below sea level.
After that we started to head for Marion bay and then on to Innes national park. On the way we stopped three times the first was so that could show us a particular tree this tree was called a Mallee tree, this is a very common Australian tree, which usually grows in groups, this tree is fertilized by ants and the trunk isn't visible above ground. The other tree was the Sheoak, this tree needs the Cocky bird to fertilize it, and unfortunately the birds and dying out and therefore so will the tree. The last before we could turn on Nova and get cracking was an old english house which one room was still standing and there was evidence of more buildings around it. This also was pretty interesting. Oh, forget one and this one was really interesting and had a lot of history behind it. We drove through into a private paddock and was told the to quiteish, the first things we saw were cracks in the grounds, these were formed becuase of the limestone caves below it. After Moff showed us an aborigine water hole, these holes were really old and had being filled in a little bit and were still quite deep, these were carved really well and were very smooth, and hard to find as they were covered in rocks to disguse them.
Finally we arrived there, the innes national park is really cool and takes your breath away in places especially when you are riding around. We headed straight for the Cape Spencer lighthouse. Where Moff told a story about aborinigal dreamtime story on how the rinho point was formed. The story goes that there was a massive guy who was wiping out all of the aboringines on the yorkes peninsula, when this guy came to the last tribe how he hated the most as he though he stole his wife. He wipe out all of the but the was the tribe magical elder still there how cast spells that all failed and the massive guy said bring out your magical animal. Which she did this animal was a big flying fox, this fox fought the warior back to a lake and he fell face down. And to this day the aborigines still belivie that they can see it on the point and see the warior in the lake.
After that we got in the bus and travelling up the Cape spence lighthouse to have lunch. We were walking on the track to the lighthouse when we stepped out from behind the shelter of bushes we, were hit with a 60knts or so winds. This was awesome as you could stand and a 60 degree angle from the ground. Another positive is that we ocean was so stirred up and the waves were big and hit the cliffs hard. Moff quickly dropped this idea as he didn't want any of us to fall off the cliff. So we retreated to the bus and had lunch in the bus.
From them on we drove the inneston lake and had a taste of the extremly saltly water. While we were there we all had a chance to grab some pretty jipsome rock on the side of the lake. We went on to the eathel wrech, this was a really fun experience with some boys getting there shoes wet and other thier pants as well. There is a ship wreck on the beach called eathel wreck there was another wreck of a tug boat further, which we couldn't see. The Eathel crashed on the beach but survied that. It was in good enough condition to sail again but the captian stuffed it out and they sank. After a long stop we went back up the stairs to the bus and drove down and finished a great day off better by bying chips and an ice-cream at the rhino tavern.
I think the tour was so good because Moff really knew what he was talking about and made it that much more interesting. Overall this tour was made good by MoffCape spencer Jetty
Stenhouse jetty
Today we did the history and a really, really liked it because it was really interesting, because we could see and touch what we were learning about. We started of by driving out of the drive way but before we could drive onto the road Moff stopped and talked about this tree. This tree is called Norfolk pine, this tree grows by the coast and it grows there because all then sailors planted it there as it is so straight and can be used for masts. It can grow for around 200-300 years and is native to Australia. After we drove down to the jetty and tried to find the mine knowone managed to do. After Moff telling us it was the caravan park we knew why. As it is dug out of the cliff and is below sea level.
After that we started to head for Marion bay and then on to Innes national park. On the way we stopped three times the first was so that could show us a particular tree this tree was called a Mallee tree, this is a very common Australian tree, which usually grows in groups, this tree is fertilized by ants and the trunk isn't visible above ground. The other tree was the Sheoak, this tree needs the Cocky bird to fertilize it, and unfortunately the birds and dying out and therefore so will the tree. The last before we could turn on Nova and get cracking was an old english house which one room was still standing and there was evidence of more buildings around it. This also was pretty interesting. Oh, forget one and this one was really interesting and had a lot of history behind it. We drove through into a private paddock and was told the to quiteish, the first things we saw were cracks in the grounds, these were formed becuase of the limestone caves below it. After Moff showed us an aborigine water hole, these holes were really old and had being filled in a little bit and were still quite deep, these were carved really well and were very smooth, and hard to find as they were covered in rocks to disguse them.
Finally we arrived there, the innes national park is really cool and takes your breath away in places especially when you are riding around. We headed straight for the Cape Spencer lighthouse. Where Moff told a story about aborinigal dreamtime story on how the rinho point was formed. The story goes that there was a massive guy who was wiping out all of the aboringines on the yorkes peninsula, when this guy came to the last tribe how he hated the most as he though he stole his wife. He wipe out all of the but the was the tribe magical elder still there how cast spells that all failed and the massive guy said bring out your magical animal. Which she did this animal was a big flying fox, this fox fought the warior back to a lake and he fell face down. And to this day the aborigines still belivie that they can see it on the point and see the warior in the lake.
After that we got in the bus and travelling up the Cape spence lighthouse to have lunch. We were walking on the track to the lighthouse when we stepped out from behind the shelter of bushes we, were hit with a 60knts or so winds. This was awesome as you could stand and a 60 degree angle from the ground. Another positive is that we ocean was so stirred up and the waves were big and hit the cliffs hard. Moff quickly dropped this idea as he didn't want any of us to fall off the cliff. So we retreated to the bus and had lunch in the bus.
From them on we drove the inneston lake and had a taste of the extremly saltly water. While we were there we all had a chance to grab some pretty jipsome rock on the side of the lake. We went on to the eathel wrech, this was a really fun experience with some boys getting there shoes wet and other thier pants as well. There is a ship wreck on the beach called eathel wreck there was another wreck of a tug boat further, which we couldn't see. The Eathel crashed on the beach but survied that. It was in good enough condition to sail again but the captian stuffed it out and they sank. After a long stop we went back up the stairs to the bus and drove down and finished a great day off better by bying chips and an ice-cream at the rhino tavern.
I think the tour was so good because Moff really knew what he was talking about and made it that much more interesting. Overall this tour was made good by MoffCape spencer Jetty
Stenhouse jetty
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