Narooma is on the coast and is built around the beautiful Wagonga Inlet so a lot of the wildlife lives on both land and water. With the movement of tides every six hours those creatures that can exist in both domains increase their chance of finding food and avoiding becoming food. Often, a good hiding place in the water is still a good hiding place when it is dry. However, sometimes things do not work out. Such as with this sad looking Variegated Shore Crab safe from most predators in a rock crevice but a wave probably wrapped a small bluebottle with its stinging tentacles around the crab. I am unsure if the tentacles can kill the crab or if it even felt them but I thought it made for a very colourful photograph.
This is the fourth post in a series of five looking at different aspects of wildlife at Narooma. In this post I am covering the wildlife that makes its home where land and water meet. I had a lot of fun wandering around all different types of shores and I hope that you enjoy the photos below.
More of this story is on my blog at https://bit.ly/Narooma_part_4
Wandering along the beach, rocks and the mangroves was always enjoyable. There was always something to see and it was just nice walking in a beautiful coastal environment. Returning to the same place under different tidal conditions revealed new creatures, often making it feel like a new location. Especially around the mangroves it was nice just to stop and wait for the small life forms to accept my presence, whereupon they returned to going about their business and the habitat came alive. It was a really peaceful experience and filled much of my time at Narooma.
Thanks for reading this post and thanks also for looking at my photos. I hope you come back again to read more about some of the wonderful natural things that the south coast of New South Wales has on offer. All the best until the next post, Wonders of life under shallow water - Beautiful Narooma Part 5, Summer 2022/23