Heard while passing a young couple anxiously looking east from top of the lighthouse walk: ‘Where are they? There aren’t any.’
Says the passing ranger, helpfully pointing to Main Beach: ‘Look over to your left; to the northwest. There’s plenty there.’
Me: ‘What? Whales or sharks?’
With a somewhat truculent look in my direction, he replies: ‘Probably both’.
Nothing like stoking a bit of fear to go with those 90-day caps I think, justifying my petulance.
But no.
I really must be nicer to our visitors. After all, despite efforts to diversify, we are still heavily dependent on them.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
