Autumn on the WA coast is the best time for ocean kayaking. Low swell & light winds, much more consistently than summer.
But the dark clouds of AUKUS threaten the fragile environment of the Shoalwater Marine Park, immediately adjacent to Garden Island's Stirling Naval Base. 🧵
Shoalwater Marine Park is a significant breeding and feeding ground for fairy penguins, sea lions*, bottlenose dolphins, and nesting colonies of multiple species of sea birds.
*(also regularly features predators of the above. 🦈)