I got my kayak wet this afternoon. I consider this the start of my kayaking season. I did go for a paddle along the Pakawau beach front last weekend, but that was too short so didn't count. That was just to remove the winter dust. ;)
Todays high tide was at 12.30pm so we arrived at Cable Bay just after midday. The first leg of this journey is across the estuary to the harbour entrance, arriving just in time for the high tide. Then its around the island to arrive back in Cable Bay on the other side of the land bridge. There are caves in the rocky coast all the way around, many that you can paddle right into and through.
The little pocket sized digital camera I used last season to take pictures while kayaking is showing the signs of its rough life. The salt water has got to its shutter mechanism which is frozen making low light shots impossible, and the battery won't hold much of a charge any more. I quit on me about 1 hour into the trip today so for a change I didn't have a camera. And wouldn't ya know it? A pod of about twenty dolphins were waiting to escort us into Cable Bay on the last leg of the paddle. Wow. They were swimming right alongside the kayaks and I didn't have a camera. I need a compact, waterproof, digital for this type of thing, cause theres no way I'm taking my new SLR out there, as much as I'd like to.
Heres a couple of shots I did manage to get before the little camera quit on me...
9:10:46 PM 
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