Whyalla - Lighthouse and Storm

We were in Whyalla this weekend spending time with family. On Saturday morning we dodged showers and managed a couple of hours at Point Lowly, walking on the beach and admiring the Lighthouse. I spotted this Pacific Gull flying down the beach, only to return a couple of minutes later carrying a Blue Swimmer Crab. The evening was spent having a barbecue in the back yard, until we spotted this approaching storm cell. The sky became amazingly dark and then erupted with thunder, lightning and a massive hail storm. The road flooded completely as drains were overwhelmed, and hailstones up to 7cm (3 inches) across.

Wet and wild weekend

Following our record breaking heatwave, November went out with a bang. This is a very short post showing the same jetty and beach that the terns were taken on last week. You can clearly seen the storm damage on the jetty. Even the Silver Gulls were having trouble standing up!! This is a fresh cuttlefish bone. It has not been bleached white by the sun. The beach was littered with them.