On Sunday the 17th there was a need to get out of the house before a rumoured storm approached ... And there had been a sighting of a "sunfish" which had beached earlier in the month up the inlet near the new woodland trail entrance.
So armed with that info off we headed making sure the tides were ok ... not too early for a Sunday and not too late for a hike. Into one car we piled and headed out to the dry land sort ... this time we were able to get through on the road as last week there was a lot of blow down blocking the road. The big southwesterly a couple of weeks ago has done a lot of damage to roads and trails.
Now cleared we made it through and parked at the sort and headed to the first creek, wondering how high it would be after yesterday's big rain ... but no problem for the gumbooters.
Definitely a different shape from a halibut or shark ... and big, decaying and smelly!
We continued on to the trail beachhead and went up it a short way seeing more trees uprooted and some with roots loosened but not tipped over .... Nature has been making herself known lately .... earthquakes and hurricane winds!
Ocean Sunfish ... Mola mola ... heaviest known bonefish in the world ... native to tropical and temperate waters and eats mostly jellyfish. Very cool fish check out wikipedia for more info. This wasn't the first to arrive here.
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