G'day Mary Lou 👋🏻🐚 Oh goodness, thank you so much 🤩 that's means a lot; each display usually takes me a good 30 minutes to set up! Thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Pam 👋🏻💖 The Thorny Oysters have been surprising lately; I feel like I've found a few great ones from the last couple of trips! The scallops were particularly nice this time too; the flats are always lovely, but the curved halves surprised me this time 🤩 Awww thank you so much Pam, and thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Nikoleta 👋🏻💖 I found some beautiful and colourful shells this time 🤩 I'm glad you liked them! Thanks for watching the big adventure 🥰

G'day Bearseyeview 👋🏻🏖️ 🐻 Oh wow, now that is high praise!! I know Florida is the "seashell capital of the world" but Australia is no slouch either!! Thank you so, so much for watching 🥰

G’day Line 👋🏻💖 I’ll take you on as many beach walks as you’d like 😉 and goodness, thank you for your kind words about my shell displays! I do take photos of them of course (though not with any kind of fancy camera) with all of the higher resolution pictures going onto my Facebook Page in case people want to see them or use them as photos/ computer wallpaper. I do print them out at the officeworks store, and then send them to friends in letters and cards 😲 I have never put them into an album or a scrapbook, though I do admire the photos when I have them in my hands or on my social media 😁 the shell displays sure take a while to set up, so it’s nice to have a record of all of them!! Thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Mary 👋🏻🐚 I love the moon snails from this beach 🏖️ I grab up a heap of them in the next episode too!! The scallops were just fabulous this time; I can't remember the last time I saw such nice curves halves 😲 Thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Trudy 👋🏻💖 It was a really wonderful day, that's for sure...wait a minute, which one was the new shell species? OH, the Egg Cowrie? I may or may not have found it before...but I couldn't tell what it was on this day because it didn't have colour on it? Anyhoo, it was super cool to see at Hervey Bay! The Thorny Oysters were really cool this time, but personally, I think the Zebra Volute made my eyes pop a little more 🦓 I'm glad that you liked so many of the shells, and beautiful scallops as well! Thanks you so much for watching this big adventure 🥰

G'day Marie 👋🏻🐚 The scallops were particularly fabulous this time 🤩 I especially like flipping the flats over 🤣 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

G'day Melissa 👋🏻💖 It's such a lovely day, and I didn't even see a quarter of the entire beach in this episode! I can never do the whole beach in a single day (at least not while looking at shells)! Haha, I would stay there longer too, but it's such a long drive home, so I hope to leave before the tide comes back up 😂 I have though about camping up there, but would anyone really want to see 4 Hervey Bay episodes in a row 😲😅?? Maybe?? Maybe not?? Anyways, thank you so much for watching 🥰

G'day Mary Ann 👋🏻🏖️💖 Hehe, the scallop flats and curves halves were just wonderful on this trip; I can't remember finding so many nice curves ones in one morning before! The Zebra Volute made my eyes pop a bit, that's was a fun one to see on the sand 🦓 Aww I hope your grandkids liked the episode too 🤩 Thank you for watching, and for sharing it with them too 🥰

G’day Judi 👋🏻💖 The shells were everywhere on the beach this time!! Hervey Bay has been super bountiful lately - I’m so glad that I could gather up so gorgeous goodies for you to see! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

G'day Sheila 👋🏻💖 The Scallops were so eye catching on this trip!! It was a wonderful day all around; I was really blessed to have an enjoyable day at this beach 🏖️ Tha is for watching 🥰🐚🐌

G'day Jan 👋🏻💖🏖️ Oh wow, the Thorny Oysters got mention!!! They were rather cool today, right?! The scallops were particularly nice but hmm, the moon snail with the most beige; is that the one that I though was pinkish to start with? The warm-toned brown one 🐌? It was a cutie too!!! Thank you so, so much for watching the big adventure today 🥰

G'day Donna 👋🏻💖 The Zebra Volute is a lovely one to find...they can actually be a super shiny shell if found much sooner after the snail departs - maybe I'll find one like that someday? Aww thank you so much for your kind words Donna, I'm glad that I could start your day with some shelly goodness! Thanks for watching the big adventure 🥰

G'day Aussie Dirt Digger 👋🏻🪙💖 Wow, you were up late to watch this one 🤩 just like how a Saturday night should be! I'm so glad that you liked the scallops and Volute this time 😁 that Egg Cowrie was a surprise, wasn't it?!! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

G’day Sunny 👋🏻☀️ Oh yes, the colourful shells really love tropical waters, so I get plenty of bright ones here! Hmm, that’s interesting about the moon snails; even in Australia, these mud flat moon snails are particularly vibrantly coloured with an awesome natural shine from this beach. The Florida Gaudi Nauticas are lovely and colourful too, though!! Also, I’m so glad that you liked seeing the Spindle shell; they’re not a common one to see here 😲 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

G'day Helen 👋🏻🐚 I'm so glad that you liked all of the shells today - there was a bunch of great ones with lovely colours!! Thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Alison 👋🏻💖 The scallops really stood out, especially at the end! The Embossed Venus shell with the zigzags was surprisingly nice, and it was a surprise because I hadn't seen this one in Hervey Bay before! Also a surprise to gather so many Haynes Turbans on this day!! Haha, ahhh yes, the ants didn't look like a lot when I sat down, but then more and more of them showed up! Oh wow, they didn't want to eat me or my shells, so I reckon they're okay 😂 Thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Reet 👋🏻💖 Hervey Bay has a lovely range of shells and colours on those dark mudflats! Sometimes the variety isn't as much as the beach down south, but the shells are just so plentiful up here!! The Zebra Volute was a nice find 🤩 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

G’day Lu 👋🏻🏖️ Ohoh, I do remember that you love the moon snails 🐌 this beach is great for them, but gosh; I also couldn’t take my eyes off of those scallops! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

G'day Deborah 👋🏻🐚 I'm so glad that you enjoyed seeing these shells; they are always so colourful from this beach! Thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Susan 👋🏻💖 I'm so glad that you liked the Scallops and Zebra Volute from this trip 🤩 it's too bad that I can't find cone shells here too 😅 I haven't had a cracker cone find in a while. Anyhoo, thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

G'day Judi 👋🏻🏖️💖 Awww thank you so much!!! I appreciate anyone who takes the extra time to watch, like or comment 😉 I know it's not always easy to do even one of those, let alone all three! Thank you so much for being your wonderful self 🤩 I'm glad that you liked (hehe) the video today 🥰

G’day Maria 👋🏻🏖️ Hehe, shells everywhere 🤩🐌🐚😲 Thanks for watching the big adventure today 🥰

G'day Green Thumb Gardener 👋🏻☘️ The first little murex was such a cutie!! I ended up giving it to me Auntie who I saw on the weekend; she really liked it too! The scallops were particularly gorgeous this time as well 🤩 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

G’day Hilary 👋🏻🐌🏖️ Woohoo, the Zebra Volute was a cool one, wasn’t it?!! Also, yes, those Acorn Dog Whelks are elusive…they are cute, but not a popular or collectable shell. Additionally, these little shells don’t pop up in many places with KZfaq shellers… there needs to be more Australian, Indo-pacific, and Red Sea shellers! Gosh, I’d love to see someone shelling around the Red Sea (because I’d never go there because the surrounding coastal countries are so SO dangerous). Anyhow!! Thanks for watching 🥰

G'day Robin 👋🏻🏖️ Haha, I don't know when it happened, but "good golly goodness" became a bit of a catch phrase for me; it's just so fun to say!! Also, I have no idea what those ants were doing...I didn't see anything for them to eat, so why were they making trails?? I don't know 😅 but they left me alone, so that was lucky! Thanks for watching the big shelling adventure 🥰

It was the first video of yours I watched and I have to say you are a joy to watch, really brightened my day, May GOD bless you hun❤@@SandCoffeeRocks

G'day Nelly 👋🏻💖 This beach really has a plethora of shell; this was another wonderful day! Hehe, I know how much you love the moon snails 🐌 but wow, I'm surprised that number 2 is the Thorny Oysters 😲 there really were some fabulous ones this time!! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

@@SandCoffeeRocks yoooooooshhh I lovvvedd moonsnails, already 3 times pf shelling I didn't get good moonsnails 😩,so seeing u got so many pretty moonsnails I feel sooo happy Thorny oyster 🦪 look cool for me😅💕

@@nellyjune9828Awww don't be disheartened, Nelly! Sometimes the moon snails are not really around, but then the next week you might find a heap of them! You'll find some nice ones soon!!

G'day Crimson Lizard 👋🏻🏖️ Sure thing! It goes something like this: I didn't know the beaches around me had such lovely shells until I saw a certain other KZfaq channel that showed some amazing shells in my area. It really opened my mind up to the beauty and possibilities that are all around me. I recall that I also loved collecting shells as a child, but I only ever found moon snails and club whelks at the beach I swam at as a child. Seeing cowrie shells here for the first time was like seeing a some kind of mythical creature; I just fell in love with the shell species, and then more and more after that! Also, I really enjoy the search; it's like playing a big scavenger hunt at the beach; someone (the waves) always put more shells around the rock pools, and I really love looking for the best ones. That's pretty much the whole story... oh, and I should mention that I really enjoy editing videos and sharing these adventures too!! Thanks for watching 🥰

@@SandCoffeeRocksThanks for telling me about how you got into it! I really love watching your videos. I've learned so much about shells from watching you. I find myself getting so into your adventures that I will audibly go "No go back you missed one!" if I happen to see a shell that you have in frame while you are showing off another one of your finds. I love watching your adventures as I am in bed and relaxing to fall asleep. I've noticed in at least one of your videos there were some really interesting shapes on the rocks around the rock pools. They kind of look like fist sized fruits made of rock. I feel like they are some sort of animal that lives on the rocks but I am not sure what they are exactly. My best guess is some sort of really large barnacle like creature. Do you think you'd be interested in showing us what the living versions of the shells you pick up are if you find them? Such as showing us what a Brown Lined Paper Bubble Snail looks like? I know I would be interested to see how big the creature is in comparison to its shell. Happy Shelling, Maddie! Hope you find some more stunners soon! 🐚🏖

You're very welcome :D and I'm glad that you're learning a bunch too! I always tell people that I'm still learning as well, so take everything I say with a grain of salt ;) Awww I'm sorry that I overlook a bunch of shells!! I sometimes (very often) just focus on the one shell that caught my interest in a single scene. Haha, maybe you'll have to go shelling for yourself one day and find all of the shells that I miss!! As for the weird, barnacle like shapes around the rocks, that's a type of sea squirt called a cunji; short for Cunjevoi. It's described as being a "stationary animal" so it's a lot like barnacles in that way. It covers itself in a cloak of algae, so it looks and feels a bit weird (I don't like it, but it's good to stand on as bad as that sounds XD). Fish really like to eat it if it gets cut open, so it needs the algae on top of it to protect itself. As for showing some marine animals and snails; I do do it sometimes, but I don't see many live ones in the rock pools during the day. They are much more active at night. Last year, I had a few videos that showed the live Brown-lined Paper Bubble, and sometimes I add in a few live animals to my videos...but once again, not often. I did make an episode that re-caped some animal clips, but that was for 2022 with all of the poor audio that those old videos have ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpyifb2Xu9zMcYk.html ), and I didn't do one for 2023 for various reasons. Honestly, I should show more of the live Snake-head and Ring-top Cowries that I see in the rock pools, but as for the other live snails, I don't see them very often at all. The only really decent cowrie one that I have off the top of my head is a KZfaq short of a Wandering Cowrie: kzfaq.info_eBD4Z5nyTk?feature=share Edit: I just checked it, and it's actually in the creatures video that I linked to above, but this one is just a Short of putting it back into the water. I absolutely loved your comment, and your well wishes must have worked because I had a great day shelling yesterday! Thanks again!!!

@@SandCoffeeRocksThanks for the links to your videos! I really hope to go shelling with my partner someday when I visit her in New York. Thank you for teaching me about those stationary animals! I can now rest peacefully knowing what they are. I really hope your next shelling adventure leads you to find at least 1 perfect rare shell without any chips, cracks, or predator holes! Happy Shelling!!! 🐚

G'day Jasmine 👋🏻🐚 I have yet to try dipping any of the Murexes in acid 🤔 I have considered it; they are one of the few shells from my part of the world that would be able to handle it. I'll try it someday! Thanks for watching 🥰

It works well to get the calcium off the shells, so you might not need to put mineral oil on them.

@@jasminehelen8951That is true; it strips away the top layer of a seashell, and that top layer has the calcium. I would never recommend it for cowries (their shells are too thin, so the acid would be detrimental to them) but I think these murexes will be a good one to try because their shells are a little thicker. Thanks again!