A day at sea

So another weekend of being a tourist in the city that I live in!

Its quiet strange, have you ever seen the city you live in from a tourist’s point of view?

I know when I lived in Johannesburg, I made a concerted effort to know what was around (in terms of activities or attraction that Johannesburg offered to visitors!) and I was continually amazed at the variety of things on offer. What was even more amazing was the lack in interest from other residents in JHB. They didn’t care and had never taken the time to explore!

After settling-in the man and I started really looking at Sydney for things to do! When we had been here for our honeymoon, we had done the most common tourist things (mostly around the CBD) but now we try to do one thing around Sydney out of the ordinary!

Yesterday it was Whale-watching!
And what a day it was! The swell on the ocean was relatively large, the wind was cold and the whales were shy! But all in all, I would do it again in a heartbeat! I loved the boat’s wild motions and the whales quiet swimming. The whales we spotted (and the subsequently hounded like irritating blowflies) were so large and graceful. They really did nothing spectacular besides surface, breathe two or three times and then submerge again.

They managed to continually surprise our tour guides in their ability to make the forecast of where the whale would surface again! To my irritation and subsequent humour the whales were always just out of camera range.

In the end I learnt to be better with my camera and more relaxed about the whole thing. Maybe the fact I didn’t get the perfect picture is what will drive me to do it again! Maybe it was the fact that these huge water leviathans tolerated our presence and maybe it was that watching them swim was inspiring! These creatures were on a mission. They knew where they wanted to be and why. Watching them made me realise that maybe I should have a look at where I was going and why.

At the end of the day I found three things
1. I don’t get sea sick
2. I was freezing
3. I love whale watching