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SHAW ISLAND—REVISITED...continued |
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The Burning Point beach in particular is stunning. It is divided into two by a rocky headland at high tide. The eastern portion is allocated for humans to swim at, the western portion for the stingrays. Or that is how it seemed. Never could we have imagined so many rays in the one spot. Sometimes there were as many as eight or more almost on top of each other, part buried in the sand, often almost out of the water and on the beach. “How about we motor back to the other side for our swim – don’t want to do a Steve Irwin.” Although you could have almost walked back, using stingrays as stepping stones. |
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Above: spot the stingray. Head, eyes and outline of the body are to the right. The stick-like end of its tail can be seen top left. Stingrays are stealth hunters which is what makes them dangerous to humans—you don’t see them. Below: disturbed stingrays. |
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Left: one of the peaks of Shaw Island making its own weather in the howling south-easterly winds. Seen from the beach at Burning Point. |
