Got up early, as predicted, had an average meal (almost cold), went to work and sat in a meeting room from 9:00 until 15:30.

During our short break for lunch, someone asked Anne and I whether we’d seen Henry the elephant seal who was visiting Geelong since we were staying just up the road from where he’d decided to use as his own private beach. Neither of us had ever heard of Henry so shrugged. We were told where he was and I knew that place well enough (I don’t know Geelong too well but some parts I know).

As we left Geelong we decided to go and pay Henry a visit. So, we went to where he was supposed to be and sure enough, there was a 500kg seal lying on the beach, with his head on the footpath.

We seemed to have arrived at a good time, as two wildlife rangers were attempting to get him to move back from the footpath. So, instead of seeing a fat seal doing nothing, we got to see a fat seal doing nothing, moving for a bit (in that blubber-rippling way) and then doing nothing again.

I took a photo with my phone’s camera but it’s pretty crap, so I’m not going to bother posting it. You should all know what a seal looks like anyway… right?