We heard that a part of the old jetty was caving in.
So we went to look as this very old jetty was left intact as a history heirloom. Then something else happened.
Not often that you will see this and I don't mean the jetty, but something else.
We recently had an incident further down towards the Cape coast where a leopard seal attacked a fisherman, for reasons unknown and luckily the fisherman survived.
I don't want to give the game away here so come and look.
Oh yes, the storm waves are finally winning the battle to destroy the jetty that was built in the early 1900s.
Now here was the big surprise.
Look here what was coming in ???
Bang! A sea lion and the first one that we have seen in our 3 years here.
He came right up to the concrete boat launching ramp.
What a lovely sight and one cannot blame the birds for being a bit nervous.
In fact this Kelp Gull decided to get out of here with that guy around.
You can see the sea lion's dark outline in the water and the birds were not taking any chances.
Look how the sea lion was watching that gull coming over him.
Again you can see the sea lion's dark outline behind the birds here,
Ever so slowly I walked down the ramp closer to him.
Was that a look of disdain? So as to say, "Dont dare trying anything buster"!
Ever so royally he started to make his way back to the open sea and I waved a farewell to him.
Finally here is a video of a Sea Lion in the Houtbay harbor that I found on YouTube.
Like I said, it was our first time to see a sea lion at our beach here, (we have seen some at other places that I posted before) and it was indeed a great experience. Someone told the sea lion that the fishermen have a room near the ramp where their catches are cleaned and the waste is cast out in the sea for the birds. But it was not his lucky day as all of the fishing boats were still out at sea.
Will I get him again on another occasion when maybe the feeding gets done?
I certainly hope so as it will be interesting to watch a sea lion battling to keep the birds away from his feast.
Such is life over here.
And That's All Friends!
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
