2/10/11 Point Labatt near Streaky Bay

Point Labatt, south of Streaky Bay, is a sea lion colony.  You can stand on the cliff above the colony and watch them lolling on the rocks far below.

Today, as we travelled we saw 27 stumpy tail lizards crossing our track.  We got out of the car and had a close encounter of the camera kind with most of them.  They tried to put on their most aggressive face and hissed loudly to frighten these interfering humans away.  

There was a noticeable difference in colour between what we assume were the male and female lizards.  The males were much blacker and the females were more green and yellow like the surrounding countryside.

We also saw a small ornate dragon which dug itself into the sand to hide from the terrifying camera lens . That was the first time we had observed this behaviour.

At the end of the day, because we had bright sunshine, we returned to The Granites on the Westall Way Loop to take some extra photos of the rocks with their orange-red lichen colouring.