Bry and I have been going on some awesome adventures lately, including Hamelin bay to see stingrays and a random beach with some day time skinny dipping bahaha the beaches here are nuts because some are so remote and deserted you feel like you are on your own beach island!
Today we headed to canal rocks which is this beautiful rock formation by the seaside that was formed millions of years ago when the super continent of Gondwanaland (I can't even make up a name that wicked lol) broke up and australia smashed into India and all this rock and lava was pushed up from kilometres down in the earths crust and made these sweet rocks! Then with the tides pushing against the rocks, it eventually carved these canals where the water flows through. It is soooo beautiful! It was great weather too, not a cloud in the sky and we were keen to do some exploring.
We head off the beaten path, literally. Bry was walking ahead of me down a little hill in a rocky area. I look over to my right where the rocks meet the ocean and I see it. This snake head poking out of the rocks. I freeze and yell bryyyaaaannnnaaaaaaaaaa snaaaakkkeeee!!! At this, she turns around and I watch the snake slither out of its rocky hiding place. It just keeps going and going. It's about 1.5 metres long, and instantly I recognize it's species. It is an Australian brown snake, the second deadliest snake in Australia, and it was moving FAST. Bry starts running up the next little hill, while I stand there frozen to the ground and literally shaking im so scared. And the snake follows her! I turn around and start running away because literally all I can think about is getting back to the car. Talk about fight or flight response. Bry yells at me not to leave her there and I snap out of it! She stops at the top and the snake goes off into the bush on the left sort of blocking her path so she does a huge detour around, running through the bush where there is no path and as soon as I see she's out of its way I turn around and run towards the car park.
I had some serious adrenaline going through me! I was shaking and couldn't really talk for a few minutes lol we ended up going to the beach right after, but I was seriously still so on edge I didn't want to go too deep in the water and was just looking around everywhere haha
We googled the brown snake and it turns out they are active during the day, very aggressive and territorial, and when it's pissed, it moves with its head and top part of the body off the ground and mouth open. Check check and check! Greeeeat! Turns out canal rocks is pretty well known for snakes which we didn't know, so I think I'll be avoiding that area from now on!
We ended our day with a beauty swim at smiths beach, amazing woodfired pizzas and yum desserts at samudra, and a visit to the sand bar at the beach in dunsborough! What a day! There is actually never a time that we do something and it doesn't turn into an epic adventure :) never a dull moment with us!
So that's what's new with me! Doing lots more exploring now that we know we are leaving soon. Thinking of going to see some of the caves next weekend, but we all know that we will probably end up at another beautiful beach! Life's tough.
Missing everyone at home! Sending lots of love :) xo
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