Hello!
So sorry for the sudden absence of blog post recently... But today, just to make up for what I've done wrong... Here's a post on my recent trip to PERTH, AUSTRALIA!!! Yes, all the Kangaroos and Koalas!Well, it begins like this: The Track team decided that training in Singapore was too boring and thus, to break the monotony of this, we went to PERTH! It was thoroughly enjoyable! However, since it was a training/Track and Field Trip, Shelling time was cut to only 35 MINUTES...
But in any case, I still managed to taste the sea and get sand in my shoes so here it goes!
So... the weather was not too perfect upon arrival at Fremantle. Apparently, it began to rain as we were walking to the famous Fish and Chips Shop so yea... was a little disappointed about that... This is the harbour by the way. I guess this is where Fremantle gets its daily shipping of fresh seafood!
But... HEY HEY! The weather did not fail to surprise us!(Thats right! For the first time, one of my BEST TRACK BUDDY was with me shelling!) So this is the sea! had to squeeze through the tiny space between the fencing... But it was sorta worth it. :P
So here it is... Thought he skies seemed threathening, it did not rain for the rest of the day!
Loads and loads of algae/ SEA GRASS. There were heaps of them all over the small stretch of shore so we had to slowly sift through all these just to find one. :(
Strong currents! ~ Beware!
And KELP (If i'm not wrong) Couldn't bring those back though...
The lovely Fremantle... had to immediately run off after this photo or risk getting my running shoes soaked!
and there were loads of these ALGAE BALLS. Kinda like MARIMO from Japan to me. :)
FINALLY!!! A SHELL! had to yank this off from a piece of algae. It was a perfect, double shelled specimen (well, it was until the other half FELL THROUGH THE GAP BETWEEN THE WOODEN BOARDS AND WAS GONE FOREVER!!! DX) Similar to those locally, the BARBATUS MUSSEL (Modiolus barbatus) is one of the numerous australian counterparts that they have!
More algae... Looks like those I ate in the Philippines! Crunchy!
Sadly this was a live specimen so yea... had to leave it alone but on the bright side, A PERIWINKLE! These little friends have an extremely high tolerance to heat and can stay out of water for WEEKS until the super tides manage to relieve them of their agony! Amazing eh? :)
But sadly, 35 minutes is barely enough to look thorugh all that seaweed and we had to leave...
For FREMANTLE MARKET! And my hopes were not dashed when I saw this Seashell Shop! Time to rumble!
Look st those HUGE Bailer Shells!
So... We were outta luck and could only shell for this INCRASSATE CARDITA (Megacardita incrassata)... My buddy managed to find 2 of these! Double happiness!!!
And of course... after a slight negotiation with the shopkeeper, I managed to obtain this SOWERBY'S VOLUTE (Ericusa sowerbyi) for a hefty price of SGD$18... Nvm, it's once in a lifetime right? :)
So that brings me to a close for this post... Yep, I know, it isn't as glamourous as the rest but Iassure you the NEXT POST will be spectacular and worth waiting as i'm going for another MAJOR SHELLING HOLIDAY! Not going to mention where the place is but till then...
Akan Datang ;P (Here's the clue! :D)
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