Bendalong is 1.5 hrs south of Kiama and offers a
wonderful couple of sandy beaches, one of which is famed for stingrays that
come to the water's edge to be fed by hand.
Not sure about the treats that rays like, we popped into a servo in Nowra where we bought frozen squid, much
to the amusement of the servo owner who said seagulls nick most of the food he
brings to the seaside.
Once at the beach, we wade out to see our lunch guests.
The rays come in all sizes from dinner tray to huge, gentle monsters slowly
flapping to suck your toes before hoovering my proffered squid.
Also keen to
get between a ray and its squid are several seagulls who joyfully swoop when I
throw a squid into the water before realising rays are bottom feeders, so
unlikely to come to the surface.
Absolutely delightful, being so close to these
gentle giants. Just don't tease them into lashing with their tail. The day was
made when the guy next to me photographing a ray turned out to be called Ray.
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