Morisset Hospital

I headed up to Lake Macquarie for a bike ride in the State Conservation  Area. I parked on the Lake at Morisset Hospital and rode out to Bird Cage Point and back. Just under 7klm all up.

Part of an old stone jetty? where I parked.

With Black Swans nearby.

Pourmalong Creek

As I rode from here out to the Point my eyesight went fuzzy and while I was puzzling this I rode into a black cloud of mosquitoes. Peddling up a slight hill I was breathing heavily and inhaled quite a few mossies and came to a sudden stop gasping and choking. My arms had turned black with them all  and I struggled on through the swarm trying not to breathe. After 100 metres they disappeared and it was clear again,while they patiently waited in the same spot for my return. My mother didn't raise no fool so I learnt to keep my mouth closed and pedaled through at speed but had to stop once past to clean them off my glasses. I have never seen such a storm of mossies like this.

Out on the point I could ride a loop along the foreshore.

With views across to Vales Point Power Station.

Once back at the car I had a coffee and biscuit with a solitary and well behaved kangaroo. While here an ABC reporter and cameraman were there to do a story on the kangaroos attacking tourists. On the way into the hospital I had noticed 30-40 kangaroos with tourists walking through the middle of the mob. The reporter told me that people had been badly cut on the face and stomach. Signs were everywhere to not feed the kangaroos.

I then went for a walk with the bird lens along the lake.

The old baths.

When I got back to the car a carload of chinese tourists pulled up and a mob of kangaroos appeared from nowhere. Can they recognise tourists?  The driver came down to talk to me and I warned him of the kangaroos behaviour.  After this one of the girls was feeding the roos and taking selfies. The big make kangaroo (who could stand taller than me) muscled in a demanded food. He grabbed her around the head and scratched her face. As her friends all rushed in to drag her away the roo stood back on his tail and gave her a good kick in the stomach. They all quickly jumped in the car and sped off. The roos all then wandered off and left me on my own. 

An interesting morning.