Let's walk to Grassy

After getting some serious shut-eye to catch up with sleep missed on the passage from Port Fairy, we thought we'd venture ashore and have a look at our new surroundings. The Harbour, we were told, was only a couple of Km from the town. We found however that miles rather than kilometres might have been a more accurate description. No matter.  We needed to stretch our legs and we knew that Whiskers' wife Marie, has a shop in town that was open 7 days. We were expected AND sausage rolls awaited the Blokes critique. Being intrigued by the concept of Scallop Pie (curried to be precise) I was an enthusiastic walker too.

We came ashore and were invited to use the hot showers and ablutions at the club.

Could this be our chance to actually see penguins!

They are everywhere apparently and not a seal in sight.

Grassy Harbour is the main port for King Island. This is a busy facility with freight arriving daily in readiness for the Searoad Mersey on Sunday. This is the distribution hub.

We can hear the refrigerated King Island Dairy containers humming.

Mmmmm......prime rump at the port stock handling facility.

Skippy didn't make it home.

We counted 20 road kills just getting to the main road.

We learned that wallabies are in almost plague numbers and are culled. 

The skins are sent to Italy and are prized for football boots!

A good looking rooster spotted along the road.

Grassy township entry statement.

This signage among some sad looking landscaping was in the vicinity of the metal Grassy 'welcome' sign and a newish looking fire station. Not sure where the money went exactly??

Grassy Harbour on a fine day.

It does happen!

Walking back to the harbour.

Peko Walsend helped create the harbour using excess ore to create the sea wall out to a small island. The penguins love it and have many burrows there.

Signpost to one of many shipwrecks around King Island.

The Grassy mine monument.

Part of the mine was open cut and some underground.

It's currently being pumped out and although closed since 1997, looks like being viable again.

Sheelite is used in tungsten production for toughening steel and for tungsten carbide.

The Bloke musing at a 'Chainsaw sculpture' at the entrance to the old Sheelite mine.

Luckily we found a short cut back to the harbour through the disused mine 

before the Bloke needed further sustenance.

A bit of local foliage
Some native and some introduced