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TRAVEL BLOG ENTRY
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Ninety Mile Beach is a beautiful stretch of pristine, golden sands which is the home to the Trinculo shipwreck. The barque Trinculo was forced ashore by a gale in 1879. A member of the crew, Mr Lefevre, managed to swim a line ashore and all onboard including the captain, his wife and their sixteen month old child, managed to reach the beach. Penny and I spent the morning wlaking along the beach collecting shells and even found a dead shark washed up on the beach!
We travelled further up the coast to Eden and visited the Eden Killer Whale Museum and found out the legend of Old Tom. Eden was a popular site for whaling and during this time a pod of killer whales, led by Old Tom were believed to be helping the whalers catch their prey. The killer whales would corner the humpbacks, southern rights and sometimes even blue whales into Twofold Bay and the whalers would harpoon them. After allowing the killer whales to feast on the tongue and lips the whalers would drag the whale ashore.
Penny and I also walked to the Pinnacles rock formation in the Ben Boyd National Park. The dramatic cliff has a limestone bottom and sandstone top.
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