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| Wellington Harbour - a playground for dolphin and orca as well as people!! |
A school of dolphins accompanying the Eastbourne ferry.
I went to dragon boat practice yesterday with high hopes of being joined by orca or dolphins. Either would have sufficed. Dolphins en masse were spotted in the harbour last week and this week a family of orca have put in an appearance on consecutive days hunting for stingray. The stingray hide out of harms way in the lagoon. The orca almost made the decision to go under the bridge into the lagoon before they thought better of it giving lucky people on the spot a great view of these amazing creatures.
Alas during our practice there were no sightings. We practised a couple of races and finally we seem to be coming together as a cohesive unit, timing good and a few other faults ironed out as well.
The temperature was warm and though there was a swell, it was very pleasant paddling flat out along the course we will be racing at in a couple of weeks. Other boats were out and we had a couple of impromptu races with them to get us in the right frame of mind.
Afterwards we had a get-together at St Johns Bar with some nibbles as we watched videos of our action in the water. The coach was happy with what he saw and so were we.
Lets hope we can keep it together on race day.
I also hope that the dolphins and orca show up on race day. I won't mind if they steal the show or have a race or two with us!
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