Westport and Charleston Adventures

We have had such a great time over the last few days. On Thursday we stayed in Westport, on the Northwest coast and spent the morning watching the seals at Cape Foulwind. The colony is out on a point and the viewing area is a lovely walkway that is perched above the seals. You can stand there all day and watch the seals in their natural environment. We were lucky enough to see a few mother seals nursing their babies.  Here is one of a seal looking like he is ready to perform for the circus.

The beach on the way down from Cape Foulwind was a school group playing the national game, Cricket. 

In the afternoon we went to join the Underworld Adventures Tours of the Charleston caves. The tour was 4 hours of exploration of the cave system discovered in 1960. We covered over 1.5 km underground, with the final .5 km floating on an inner tube marvelling at the glowworms' luminescence. It was magical! 

One of the features that we were able to see up close were the drapes - formed over years by the constant leeching of water through the limestone.