Tuesday, March 30, 2010

 

Bears, Boats and Blue

Kingston, on Norfolk Island, is where old surfboats spend their last days. When they are too old or too damaged to use for unloading ships some of them are placed on the edge of the lagoon so tourists can take THE classic Norfolk Island photo. You will see photos of these boats in this spot in just about every add for NI tourism. Naturally, the Oldies had to take one. They did last time we were there too, back in 2005. The boat was a bit better this time, just check the photo of the 2005 one in the November 2006 archive and you will see what I mean. This boat was a bit more seaworthy, but it was missing some seats and all the metal bits were rusted. To stop small bears pushing it into the lagoon and playing pirate in it, the meanies had removed the oars and rowlocks. So Scruffy, Milkshake and I used our imaginations instead. Here we are navigating our way across dangerous seas in the wake of Captain Bligh. We are at the front of the boat (the bow for you nautical types) because if we get down into the body of the boat we can't see out and that's not a safe way to navigate. Also, the thing at the very front of old boats, the figurehead, was often a carving of a beautiful lady or a ferocious warrior. This boat has two ferocious bears and a beautiful little lady cow. It may be an old, worn-out, derelict boat, but to us it is a thing of beauty.

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