I have had quite a bracing walk today because it has suddenly turned chilly again.
Access to this particular part of our local beach isn't easy to spot because you have to walk through bushland and mangroves to get here, so it means I very often have the beach to myself. You can see the remains of old oyster beds at low tide.
Disease hit these oyster beds about 6 years ago and this is all that remains of the local industry.
Great lines and works well in B&W. We have a similar problem with the Oyster beds here in the south of the U.K. although it is still a rich area for nesting and feeding birds.
@yaorenliu@casablanca@ludwigsdiana@happysnaps@ingrid01@momamo@wakelys@gosia@pcoulson@tinley23 Apparently the virus that killed off the oysters only affected Pacific oysters and I believe the virus was Oyster herpesvirus @maggiemae It does look a bit sloshy in black and white doesn't it, but the sand was quite firm and only sloshy in areas where the rockpools were and closer to the ocean. I stayed away from there so my runners didn't get wet at all.
Nice you find a secret get away place where :). This is a great story telling picture for later. Too bad the oyster business went down. I never seen oyster bed, so this is pretty cool!
@pusspup Not on this site. There are oyster farms on the other side of the bay at Tea Gardens though.
@dutchothotmailcom There are still oyster farms around locally, but they are on the other side of our bay at Tea Gardens
@fishers@sangwann Thanks, I think this oyster farm was affected because their oysters were Pacific oysters, other farms in the area are still operating.
@happypat There used to be a research and breeding centre for oysters on our headland and we went there once to see how it worked. Very interesting. It has now moved to the Fisheries Institute at Taylors Beach. We have been there too for a tour, another interesting place to visit.
Ian
@dutchothotmailcom There are still oyster farms around locally, but they are on the other side of our bay at Tea Gardens
@fishers @sangwann Thanks, I think this oyster farm was affected because their oysters were Pacific oysters, other farms in the area are still operating.
@happypat There used to be a research and breeding centre for oysters on our headland and we went there once to see how it worked. Very interesting. It has now moved to the Fisheries Institute at Taylors Beach. We have been there too for a tour, another interesting place to visit.