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Placentia and St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve
June 16th was definitely a destination day. Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve is at the south west tip of the Avalon Peninsula. It is home to 11,000+ nesting pairs of Northern Gannets, 10,000 nesting pairs of Common Murres as well as Kittiwakes, Razorbills and Black Guillemots. I had been looking forward to shooting the beautiful…
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On the way to Bareneed
When I planned this journey, each drive would take me by day’s end to something I really wanted to see or do. But yesterday was different. I chose Bareneed for the driving distance, so my drive was all about the journey.
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Trinity and the Wonderful World of Puffins
Leaving Twillingate, I continued to work my way along the coastline following the Discovery Trail on the Bonavista Peninsula. The Trail took me past Lethbridge – I lived in the Alberta version as a youngster – and Princeton – my sister lives in the New Jersey version. It felt like a family kind of day!
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Twillingate and a day on Fogo Island
Twillingate (circled in red on the map) is part of the Newfoundland iceberg alley. In fact I stayed at the Iceberg Alley B&B – in my opinion it’s 5*+ if you ever get to Twillingate! – but alas, still no icebergs in sight. Apparently this year was not a great iceberg year. And apparently tides…
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Scenic La Scie, a fishing village
The first day on my own saw me driving north on the Baie Vert Peninsula to La Scie, circled in red on the map to the left. La Scie is on the Iceberg Alley and I was hoping to spot a few. But first I had to get there. The drive reminded me of that…
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Woody Point and Tablelands – or is it really Mars?
A second sunny day! What joy it brought us, as well as making for a pleasant drive back to the west coast of the Great Northern Peninsula. On our way to Woody Point from St. Anthony we passed through Rocky Harbour where we had lunch in a cute restaurant cum gallery. We also visited Lobster…
