Woy Woy

Woy Woy is probably best know for its most famous visitor, Spike Milligan, whose family moved to Woy Woy in the 1950s. Milligan apparently quipped “Woy it is called Woy Woy oy’ll never know” and tourists delight in repeating the phrase to anyone they catch standing still. Milligan also said that Woy Woy was "the largest above ground cemetery in the world" but that is less often repeated. My interest was sparked by the fact that from Woy Woy you can look onto Ramsay Island to see the local Pelican rookery, and watch the courtship rituals on the water.

Gorokan

Wandered along the new concrete path beside the lake on a beautiful evening, with just a sufficient chill in the air to make walking pleasant. I was mildly resentful of the “fair weather” walkers that now crowd the path – when it was a muddy goat track we had it to ourselves. Never mind, another week or two and they’ll all disappear indoors.

I didn’t take a lot of photos, but the pelicans always reward the effort. Most of the images I got are begging to be in a caption competition – “Your rejection gets me, right here!”

Gorokan

This morning we ambled along the shores of Tuggerah Lake just on sunrise. It was a beautiful clear day with the promise of heat. Flocks of birds flew over headed out to their foraging spots: Channel-billed Cuckoos, Galahs, Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Little and Long-billed Corellas, Koel, Little Wattlebirds, Crested Tern and Silver Gulls.

A group of around eighty Australian Pelican formed an island off-shore, with more coming to join them every minute.

A Little Pied Cormorant emerged from an early fishing expedition and sunned himself on the end of the fence.

Welcome Swallows buzzed over the surface of the water and perched on the jetty.