Treasures in Tidal Pools

By Eric and Mary


We have been to a lot of beaches but none of them have been THIS exiting.
Yesterday Mary discovered a whale's rib bone and Hannah discovered a broken Paua shell (vary valuable).

Then we heard that there's a kind of very thin and see-through fish called White Bait (in the white pail). People love to eat them.

Mary and Dad saw people fishing for Snapper (a kind of fish). But by accident, they caught Sand sharks. We rushed down to the beach and found shark heads, fins, tails and guts spread out.
Later in the tide pools we found a giant purple star fish. It was about to die, but we put it in the sea.

Mary found a WHOLE Paua shell. Dad found a Sea Urchin and when you put your finger on, it would suck on your finger with its tentacles! We also found lots of Hermit Crabs.
Later on we went back out to look for more treasures, but we didn't have much luck. Mary and Eric went for a walk on the rocks and then we heard Dad yelling for us. We thought, “What could be so important?”
We came running anyway to discover a one metre long, purple OCTUPUS! It had big, yellow, scary eyes. Hannah was back at the camper. And Mom was just about to go back. She had the camera so we yelled and screamed at her. Luckily Mom got there in time and this is how we got this picture. Dad says he found it slithering between his ankles. Dad tried to touch it but right when he did, it wrapped around him like it expected Dad to touch it.- probably because it has big eyes.
And this happened all in one day!