New 2025 Shelling Adventure! | Long-spined Thorny Oyster & Black Baler Shell

[@johannaandrews]

Thanks …. Wow another amazing display of shell finds Maddie ❤❤ Thanks so much for taking us along to these Shelling Adventures with you in 2025 🎉🎉 Love that large Arabic Wentletrap

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Annie 👋🏻💖 Oh my goodness, thank you so, so much 🙏🏻😲 I still cannot believe that you want to support me even in the new year; you seriously give way too much?!! Thank you so much for your Super Thanks, and for your kinds words; the shells really made a great display this time ❤️🐚🏖️! I'm going to sneak an edit in here because I forgot to write it: I'm absolutely thrilled that you liked the shells, and that Arabic Wentletrap in particular! I think it might be one of the largest/longest I've found?? And it was just sitting in such an open spot! Also, I hope you and all of your loved ones are doing well 🙏🏻 shhhh I noticed the time your comment arrived...get some sleep 😂!! Let me see, I think I've got a behind the scenes story to mention for such a big day. As I was walking to the mangroves, I encountered a man who asked how I was; I chatted with him a bit and told him where I was going and that I had plenty of water, but it must have stuck in his mind...he walked back along the beach towards the mangroves several hours later to check on me. He was worried about the heat and if I'd had enough to drink (I'd nearly drained that 1.5L bottle by the time I got to the car). It sounds a bit sus when I write it out (some dude coming to find me in a very secluded spot) but he was a genuinely nice old guy. I'm glad I was already well out of the mangroves by then, though; meeting or hearing people in there always gives me the heavy jeebies because it's so isolated! Ahhh what else? Oh, I left earlier than usual this day...I thought about going up to the next beach, but there really was a storm rolling in; we've had a bit of rain here lately! I want to go and check out Burrum Heads for more urchins 😂 but my timing didn't quite work out this time. I recently met up with my Dad's cousin from your part of the world; I had a weird thought that you'd somehow know each other...as if the entire state is small enough that you'd know everyone 😅 sorry, it was a weird thought! Anyhoo! I hope you're having a wonderful New Year with plenty of fun and adventures planned for 2025. Thank you so, so much for your support, and for watching the big adventure 🥰❤️🥰

[@johannaandrews]

⁠@@ShellingAdventures Thanks for such a great reply Maddie 😊😊 yes I did end up having to have a nana nap today . Nice to hear people can be so mindful and keep an eye out for strangers that look like they might get overheated or just a bit lost on a lonely beach ❤❤ good on him 🏆

[@ShellingAdventures]

Ahhh, I just realised that I showed the incorrect image of the red thorny oyster at the end… that’s what happens after too much editing all in one day -the brain got fried!…I was wondering why I didn’t like it as much as I remembered 🤣 it was the wrong shell! Ahhh, Maddie…

[@Orchidwings-t6r]

Its fine maddie!!💗💗

[@ShellingAdventures]

@ You are too sweet ❤️

[@Orchidwings-t6r]

Holy cockles! you had such a great scallop find today! i think the scallops just WANT to be in your presence. The maroon sordid moon snail was GORGEOUS!!! Im going to predict you can find a huge orange cockle find next time! As always, Thank you for posting this masterpiece!!!💗💗💗 the best to maddie,

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Novembah! I waited to reply to this comment until I was on the computer becasue I wanted to share a cockle picture with you (I think you really like them??) and your comment even spoke specifically about an orange coloured one! This photo is long like a web comic, and it's on Facebook, but hopefully you can still view the post: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=569425519247118&set=a.116300711226270 It's a cleanup of a "Hairy Cockle" that I found a few months ago at this beach, and the one slightly north of it. They're the only two I've ever found, and I was no expecting such a nice clean up on them! Thank you so much for watching 🥰 And I hope you can see/enjoy the post picture! 😄

[@Orchidwings-t6r]

@@ShellingAdventures AHHH I CAN SEE IT MY GOSH I NEVER SAW A JOINT COCKLE THATS SO COOL!! im gonna follow you rn!

[@Danstarla]

You know I am a sucker for the Sunrise/Sunset (commercial) scallops. What wonderful finds to start the year.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Danielle 👋🏻🏖️ Hehe, I know you are 😁 you gotta make the trip up the coast one day to find them! This was a wonderful start to the year, though it almost wasn't (I tried the point here but it's been picked over)! Have you had any shelling luck this year? Thanks for watching 🥰

[@Danstarla]

@shellingadventures Isure have. I have been in South Australia for past couple of weeks finding some wonderful treasures including some fossil shells, urchins and a bunch of shells I need to identify.

[@ShellingAdventures]

@ Oh my goodness, so jelly! That must have been an amazing experience 🤩 congrats on your fossil finds, and the shells too 🐚 Hmm…I don’t have a good idea about identifying SA shells, but maybe I’ll have the answer in a shell book if you need extra help putting a name to some things 🤞🏻

[@Danstarla]

@ I’ve been using the new image search on google to help narrow some of them down. But yes it’s been fun to find some different shells.

[@BecomingaGreenstalker]

Oh that orangey Zebra Vollute is gorgeous! That is quite the rack line! The sunshine is helping me recover from the flu!🤧

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Heidi 👋🏻💖 Oh no, I’m late in saying this, but I hope you’re feeling better now! It’s cold and flu season over there, so get plenty of rest 🙏🏻 Thank you so much for enjoying the sunny vibes over here; the wrackline was one that stretched for miles… I wish the home beach was like that too 😂 Thank you so much for watching 🥰 and get well soon.

[@BecomingaGreenstalker]

@ Thank you! Trying!

[@tonistephic]

Good morning, Maddie Wow, the flats are amazingly beautiful, the moon snails are lovely, the bailer shells are very nice and good colors, the blackish margarites, the zebra volute, the dog welkes, the long spined thorney oyster was amazing, the spotted strawberry top shells are lovely. The rock shell, the Campbells Strombus, was very nice. There is not a shell today i did not really like a lot. I could name so many, but i should stop now. I hope you had a wonderful new year. May this year bring you so much joy, health, and happiness. Maddie, thank you for another wonderful shelling adventure. Have a great day.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Toni! This was a fantastic haul of different scallops, bivalves, and a couple of very interesting gastropods :D I'm so glad that you liked the more common Blackish Margarite, along with the much more uncommon Zebra Volute (this was was a crowd favourtie!) I appreciate that you enjoy all of the shells, not just the rarer ones! Even the rock shell and top shells, and conch shells got mentioned! Thank you so much for watching, and for your lovely comment - I know they are an effort to make, and I really appreciate that as well. Happy New Year, and I truly, truly hope that 2025 will bring you all the joy you missed in 2024. Here's to a much better year than the last ones. Be strong, you amazing lady!!

[@nikoletastavropoulou5515]

Beautiful shells with wonderful colors 😍.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Nikoleta 👋🏻💖 Thank you so much, there was a lovely amount of colour on the mudflats this time 🤩 Happy 2025, and thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@nikoletastavropoulou5515]

@ShellingAdventures You're welcome, Maddie . Happy New Year.🫠

[@alishadarsey]

Spectacular haul!!! What a day. And I love the bird sticks, lol. 😂 now I have a new name for them. Much blessings to you.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Alisha 👋🏻🏖️ Haha, it was a bit random, but I sometimes want to say bird sticks 😂! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, and the shells as well! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@pamdudley6153]

Holy cow!!! The flats!!! ❤❤❤ I think a nickname for them is mermaid 🧜🏻‍♀️🧜🏻‍♀️🧜🏻‍♀️ money. Beautiful thorny oysters 🦪🦪🦪 today. Loved the Baylor shells as always. Sorry baby is here 👶🏼👶🏼👶🏼. Have to finish later…

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Pam and Peyton 👋🏻💖 Haha, there were so many flats that I didn't film several and even had to cut a few out of the final episode 😂 Ohhh mermaid money? I always thought that was sand dollars, or was that something else 🤔 I have no idea, I don't think we have a special name for Flats in Australia 🦘? Or I might be living under a rock 😂 Say hi to the baby boy for me, and thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@pamdudley6153]

I gave Peyton lots of kisses! I got to thinking about it, I think it’s mermaid coins. That makes more sense. 😂 Beautiful display as always!!! Love the bird feathers. 🪶🪶🪶 I found a hawk feather in my yard one day, love it! The black baler was so unique! I’ll close for now. Thank you for the wonderful adventure Maddie!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@ShellingAdventures]

@ Aww that’s so sweet 🥹 Oh and now that you say mermaid coins… I think those are the sea glass bottoms of bottles? I feel like I heard that on a shelling video somewhere? Oh wow, from a bald eagle? That would be an extremely lovely feather! Thanks again for watching, Pam 🥰

[@badmom2goody29]

What beautiful colorful shells! Thanks for taking me along!❤

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Bad Mom 2 Goody 👋🏻🏖️ It was a day with a bit of a rainbow on the sand by the end of it 😂 oh wait…I don’t think I found any green shells??? Ahh, anyways! Thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@oceanluvngal]

Hello Maddie 👋 Love the Australian jingles and Arabic wentletrap, and the more colourful commercial scallops . My favourites of the day though are the long- spined thorny oyster, the stranges scallop with gorgeous colour, and the stripy indo Pacific arc shell. Beautiful feather finds as well!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Oceanluvn Gal 👋🏻🌊💖 Oh wow, I'm glad you liked so many of the shells today 😁 There was a lot colourful scallops and interesting textures this time; that Stranger's Scallop was really fantastic! Ohh and that particular stripy Indo-Pacific Arc shell was the one I tried to grab at the end of the shell display...I missed it and pucked up a different one, but I also wanted to highlight it. Ahhh and of course I agree, that Long-spined Thorny Oyster was a real favourite 😍 Thank you so much for watching the big adventure today 🥰

[@judishubert6016]

So many beautiful shells today Maddie!!!the spiney oyster. Was amazing!!!! So many bright colors! I have missed seeing you the past weeks, glad your back

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Judi 👋🏻🏖️ I missed being at the beach and bringing out new adventures!! Ahh, a little Christmas and New Year break was nice though 😉 but alas, the tourists also enjoy their breaks on the beaches here too, so it makes the shelling a little challenging where I live 😅 but I was thrilled with the shells this time; that Thorny Oyster is almost a heart stopper! Thank you for watching this big adventure 🥰

[@mikhail-tikhonov]

Oh, Maddie, congratulations😊👍, I see you found Spondylus👍, many people collect entire collections of different types of Spondylus, they are spectacular multi-colored, spiky🤗

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Mikhail 👋🏻💖🏖️ The spondylus this time was very cool 😎 I know it is beach worn, but I don’t care 😂 Oh my goodness, I’ve seen some collections of Spondylus as the shell shows and shell museum: absolutely, outrageous amazing 🤩 so spiky and colourful!! I wish I could find shells like those, but just seeing them behind glass is enough for me. Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@mikhail-tikhonov]

@ShellingAdventures 😊👋

[@helendreyer5710]

Welcome back Maddie! Beautiful shell haul. Hervey do not disappoint as usual. Beautiful spiney oyster and numerous other shells you found. Loved watching

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Helen 👋🏻🏖️ Thank you!! The Christmas and New Year break was wonderful, but it's been nice to be back at the beaches again! The home beach was, uhhh, slim pickings 😅 but yep, Hervey Bay doesn't disappoint!! That spiny oyster (and black baler) made my entire day! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@fullerfamily5190]

This Shelling Adventure is just what I needed today! I am in TN, USA and we got 3” of snow yesterday! Beautiful display! Look at the hinge on the flat that you chose as an honorable mention, it has a heart on it! Wonderful shells to start 2025!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Fuller Family 👋🏻💖 hello to you in Tennessee - my goodness, what a lot of snow!! I've been hearing about the crazy amounts of snow fall in the US this year, as well as those absolutely heartbreaking fires in LA... You're all having more than your share of bad weather 😔! I'm glad the shelling adventure brought you a bit of a reprieve from it today 🐚 Ohhh and I think I see it 👀 there is a small spot on the flat with two curved lines that make a heart shape ❤️ I didn't notice that before! What good eyes you have! Happy 2025, and thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@Shelviliger]

Look at that spiny, or shall we say "sord like" oyster! Great find! 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️😂😂😂

[@ShellingAdventures]

Ohhhh I like that!!! Yes, it's certainly a sword-like Thorny Oyster 🦪 (does this emoji look like an oyster?? Anyway...), or maybe spear like? I like sword like ⚔️🗡️⚔️ Thanks again for watching 🥰

[@Shelviliger]

@ShellingAdventures Hehe! I was going to use that 🦪 emoji too! 😄

[@natcobo]

Hi Maddie. Loved the flinders Venus, the zebra volute, loved the scallops, the campbell strombus, the variable mitre, the baby baler 🤤🤤🤤. Very nice shells! Good start to 2025 Maddie!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Natalia 👋🏻🏖️ Oh my goodness, I think you always mention those Flinder's Venues when I show them 😲 they must truly be a favourite! The scallops, Strombus, and Volute were wonderful as well, I was very lucky to collect some goodies from a less-pickedover beach (I might be a little traumatized by the slim pickings at home 😅), and that black baby baler was gorgeous 😍 though the littles are always fun finds too. I'm glad you liked them 😁 Thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@alisonh890]

Hello there Maddie, happy new year! Love haynes turbans and the burnt edge rock shells. That thorny oyster was very thorny😂 Love the jingles too. Wow you had a very successful beach trip, end display beautiful. ❤

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Alison 👋🏻💖 Happy 2025 🎉 I hope the year is treating you well, though I've heard that your part of the world is waaaaaay too cold right now! I'm so glad that you liked this successful beach trip 🏖️ there was a lot of great bivalves, but that burnt edge rock shell was a nice surprise too! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@melissawalch4774]

I love that thorny oyster, wow! Also, that baby baler with the mix of colors is very cool too! One of my favorite shells that I've found is a giant eastern murex that's perfect and has the same range of colors as the baler, a mix of tawnies and blue/grey's. I love that almost "calico" combination. What a great haul!

[@melissawalch4774]

We get quite a few shells here on Florida's east coast that have turned black/grey/blue from being buried in sediments. Cool effect!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Melissa! That baby baler is a cutie, isn't it!?? Actually, now that you mention it, it does have a calico combination - it reminds me of a childhood cat that I used to have. I'm trying to imagine an eastern murex in this colour combo too... and suddenly I'm thinking that it would look even more like a cat? Anyway!! Oh yes, I have seen those shells that turn BLUE, and I sorely wish that the sand would turn shells blue here too, but I think your sand is more interesting in the USA? Or has some other kind of minerals in it? No sure, but it's impressive. As always, thank you so much for watching.

[@CampingforCool41]

It’s so beautiful when you display them all at the end

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Camping for Cool 👋🏻🐚 Oh my goodness, thank you so much for saying so 🙏🏻 it’s heartwarming to hear the display is appreciated 😁 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@bebecatanzaro9362]

The display of your shells is lovely 🥰

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Bebe 👋🏻🏖️ Thank you so much 🤩🤩🤩 it always takes a bit of time to put a display together (and some are much better than others 😅) so it’s always nice to hear that the final result is appreciated 🙏🏻 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@FloridaBeachWalks]

Happy 2025! Love the flats!! Beautiful Zebra Volute ❤️ I got a few Strange’s Scallops in a bag of scallops I bought this week from a thrift store…thx for the name! Lovely strawberry top 🐚 Aww cute baby balers 😍 Whentletraps-Yes! Beautiful display as always. Happy Shelling!!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Roxann 👋🏻🏖️ I am quite spoiled for flats at this beach; I don't usually see them at the home ones! It's crazy how different environments will produce different shells. Huh, you got some Stranger's Scallops too 😲 keep in mind that a lot of the Decatopecten (genus name) scallops all look extremely similar! The location of where you scallops were found will clue you into which exact species they are... I think the Stranger's Scallops might be restricted to Australia and adjacent waters to the north?? Enough needing out 😂 I'm really glad that you enjoyed seeing all of the gastropods as well; I was pleased to come across a few Wentletraps and that nice Baler too. I hope you're feeling better this week 🙏🏻 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@bonjulien62]

Wow great shell day that spiny oyster was so cool and the arrangement spectacular ❤

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Bonnie 👋🏻💖 The Thorny Oyster really put a spring in my step 🎉 it made leaving the mangroves early more bearable...I would have loved to tough it out in there more, but gosh, the heat started to crank up by the end (until a storm came; typical). Thank you so much for watching 🥰 and for your kind words as well 🤩

[@alisonh890]

Hi Maddie, yes we have been in the grip of freezing weather but things have become milder of late which makes life so much pleasanter. I’m planning to move house this year so much sorting and sifting to be done. I wish you a happy and productive year. Always enjoy your vlogs to see what you will find! ❤xxxx

[@Shelviliger]

Definitely having a "bi-valve" shell day!

[@ShellingAdventures]

Hehe, I think someone plucked a lot of the moon snails off the sand over the holidays...but the I heard that a lot of fresh ones washed up with the rising tide, which I missed out on 😅 oh well, the bivalves were perfect this time 🤩 I'm glad you enjoyed them 🐚🐚🐚

[@hbwhitetree]

Hi Maddie, Happy New Year! Wow, your first episode of 2025 was epic! You had so many wonderful finds, but, in my humble opinion, the very thorny thorny oyster and the dark baler shell stole the show. However, I would have been very happy with any of the other shells you showed us, especially the pretty zebra volute, all the great scallops, and the various wentletraps. Hervey Bay was generous with the shells; makes me eager for a return visit, especially while watching from here in frigid, land-locked Austria. I wish you continued shelling success for 2025. Thanks so much for filming!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Jan!! Brrrr it's way too cold in Austria!! Might I suggest somewhere tropical to have a holiday home at? Oh my goodness, thank you so much for your kind words; this trip was fantastic and absolutely opposite to the slow/poor finds I was coming across at home beach. This was the perfect way to start the new year; that thorny oyster, black baler, nice scallops, and zebra volute really made my day! Hehe, you will have to come back one day and find more Aussie shells... though hopefully there will be more than in your last trip! Also, and I just learned this, but a housing development is going in right behind the beach where we walked along... the population of that area is set to double of the next few years! I hope the influx of people will leave the beach clean and full of shells, but who know!! Shelling there might be more or less competitive in the future? Ahhh, I wish I could live there!!! Anyhoo!! Thank you so much for watching~

[@richardbriansmith8562]

this was an Awesome Video Maddie i am sorry for not watching your previous videos of this year but i am going to watch them as soon as i am able to as i am not well at the moment Maddie also i hope you are well Maddie👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Richard 👋🏻🏖️ Oh no, I hope you start to feel better soon! It's no good being sick, so I wish you a speedy recovery 🙏🏻 and no need to hurry on any videos, especially the final 2024 ones, as they mostly focused on shell-related but weren't actual beach adventures for a while. I was winding down for a break at the end of the year, so I didn't get out to the packed beaches too much. Thank you so much for watching 🥰 and please get well soon 💖

[@edithmarielilly-quimby6470]

I like the tiny ones the best. Can collect more for small spaces.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Edith 👋🏻🏖️ Ohhh so true!! Those tiny ones are the best to filling the small spaces and tucking away into cute shell jars 😁 Thanks for watching 🥰

[@richardchandler3820]

Happy New Years my shelling friend! Me and my wife had one of the best sea selling days of our lives yesterday, here on Bolivar Peninsula located right next to Galveston Island,TX. We have went sea shelling on this beach many times before but never had an experience like this one! The conditions were absolutely perfect. Cold front just came through, Rain storm just came through, and maximum low tide for 3 days straight! We found so many shells that I had to purchase a 4ft x 4ft storage container, to bring them all home. IT WAS CRAZY! Well, happy New Year's to you!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Richard!! Happy New Year to you too! Any resolutions this year, or is it just another year of fun and adventures? Congratulations on your amazing trip to Bolivar Peninsula (I had to look at it on the map, what a gorgeous strip of land right on the gulf!), it looks absolutely beautiful on the internet photos. It's crazy that the experience was so good there this time; it must have been the perfect combination of factors. I think you are getting all the super low low tides, and I'm getting all of the super high low tides on the other side of the world! Strange how that all works on a global scale?? Oh my gosh, I read 4ft at 4m for a second and thought that you got one of those massive shipping containers to haul home!! Ahhh don't mind me~ 4ft x 4ft is still HUGE, what a crazy haul! What was the favourite shell(s) from the haul? I'm thrilled that the start of your 2025 shelling adventures was such a fantastic one as well. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the news about your trip :D

[@susanpence7124]

Feathers are a nice touch! Happy New Year to you from the USA (Virginia) 😁⛄️❄️

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Susan 👋🏻💖 Those feather really are quite lovely...I never know whether to show or display them though; they're a bit "outside of my lane" as a sheller. Still, the Eastern Ospreys have such lovely ones! Thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰 Happy 2025 🎉

[@peachy3451]

oooo I ❤ bivalves. Great share Maddie! Happy 2025 to you.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day, Maryanne 👋🏻💖 I'm so glad you liked them - I thought that Thorny Oyster was a real stunner 🤩 but there was a lot of fantastic bivalves to love ❤️ Happy New Year to you too, and thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@guadalupeknippen528]

Happy New Year Maddie. The thorny oyster shell is great!!🎉 The white Arabic Wentlertrap is so beautiful. Great day. Blessings for you on the New Year ❤

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Guadalupe 👋🏻💖 That Thorny Oysters was a real treat! And yes, that Arabic Wentletrap is such a… fancy shell?? I don’t know, it looks slim and elegant with its complex textures; I think I can call it a little fancy 😂 Happy New Year to you too 🎉! Wishing you all the best in 2025, and thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@Shelviliger]

G'Day from the Gulf and ATX area! What a "scalopy" haul! 😊 Did I see a bright yellow Tellin shell at the top of the screen in the beginning? Just trying to keep up my skills while you shell. It's like a little game I do, guessing the shell before you announce each type 😊...FUN,FUNFUN🎉

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Shelviliger 👋🏻🐚 Hello to you in Texas...is it cold there yet, or is that impossible in Texas?? I had to go back and double check which shell you meant (I didn't want to reply without checking first!) and I think it's a jingle? I'm not sure, because I don't think I saw it on the day 😂 nice spotting!! I think your skills are really good! Hehe I love your little game! Do you cover the words at the bottom of the shell so you don't cheat with the shell ID game? Or do you guess even faster than when they appear!!! Thank you so much for watching this very big adventure 🥰

[@lesliel9791]

hi Maddie...love the spiny oyster of course but the flat scallops are just beautiful...I can see them in a shadowbox in a not quite overlapped pattern. the black baler reminds me of the night king on Game of Thrones

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Leslie 👋🏻🏖️ Ohhh a shadow box with the flats would be good!! My friend from New Zealand (she was the one who gave me shells for the recent unboxing) does creative displays like that... I feel like she'd be much better at it than me! They would look stunning all together. The night king in Game of Thrones... Because he has a little crown of spikes too 😂 yes, I can see that as well!!! Thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@laurenkey7010]

Hey Maddie, I finally got back to HB a few days ago myself and the beach looked exactly like this, it was soooo awesome! I also found my first zebra volute shell. Love it. Keep it coming! Happy 2025 🎉

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Lauren 👋🏻🏖️ Oh wow, this was filmed a few days ago too (Thursday) so maybe we were both on the beach at the same time??? Crazy! I hope you also got a similarly spectacular haul of shells 🤩! Congratulations on your first Zebra Volute 🦓 shell; was it a lovely orange too? Happy 2025, and thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@Tropicalescapades]

Good to see you back. Missed your videos during this short break.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Tropical Escapades 👋🏻🏖️ Oh my goodness, thank you so much 🙏🏻 the break was wonderful, but it's been nice to get back to the beaches as well...though that home beach has been picked over more than a little! Hervey Bay doesn't disappoint though 😁 Thank you so much for watching the big adventure today 🥰

[@Tropicalescapades]

@ShellingAdventures you are welcome dear. Me and my kids had a good time watching your adventure.

[@CaroleBailey-c9e]

Love that colorful Balor shell! Happy New Year 😊

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Carole 👋🏻🏖️ Ohhh the black one?? I forgot to mention it, but the colours and patterns peeking through the black discolouration were very nice and clear 🤩! A very interesting shell 🐚 Happy 2025, and thank you so much for watching the big adventure today 🥰

[@Haileyjays]

Fun idea for a video might be to buy some shells from Temu, see if they are real, see if you can find any rare ones and see if they are labeled correctly. Temu can be so hit or miss, might be a fun unboxing video!

[@Haileyjays]

Actually, on second thought, it’s probably unethical and harvested.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Hailey! I wanted to give a thoughtful reply to your comment, so it took me a while to circle back to you. I like your idea (Temu videos have been popping up lately, haven't they?) but I have a few personal reservations, though I might push past them for a video idea one day. First up, I did have a look on Temu, and the shell prices are actually more expensive (or on the level or higher end) than buying from a shell show or giftware store here in Australia. Also, I have done an Aliexpress video once, and all the shells were real, none of them were labeled, and one of them was incorrect compared to the sale picture. So I feel like I know what I'd be getting into with a Temu unboxing, and I'm not sure if I want to do it again. I have been thinking about buying/reviewing shells from another online seller that specialises in natual oddities, so I want to do that sometime this year (but the shell shows always seems to eat up my money instead :D)??? To your final comment, that is just how the industry is. For a lot of the shells that come from Asian pacific nations, many are a byproduct of consumption; the snails are a food source, and the empty shells are disposed of or sold. For sure, there are plenty of species that are harvests for the shells as well. Again, that's just how the industry is, and while I won't harm a snail for it's shell, I have reluctantly accepted that that's how it is. If other people do this (and it is legal for them to do so) then I won't push back on it. It really depends on mindsets, culture, and as a source of vital income. I won't fault people for doing what they do, or for having different outlooks than me. Does that make me morally wrong? I don't know; again, it's all about mindsets and culture. Wow, I got way off track with that ramble!! Thank you for watching such a big adventure, and for your suggestions and comments :D

[@Reet64]

Happy New Year, Maddie! Nice way to start the year with such a big haul. So many to love, but I think that thorny oyster and the zebra volute were my favourites.

[@ShellingAdventures]

G’day Reet 👋🏻💖 “Haul” is the right word indeed! It’s crazy how much is up at Hervey Bay to find (as opposed to the tourist-packed beaches here at home); this was such a nice trip. Ohhh so the zebra volute and thorny oyster were the favourites this time 🤩 they do deserve the top spots 😁 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@judiskalet964]

Great shells Maddie ❤❤❤

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Judi 👋🏻💖 Thank you, I'm thrilled that you enjoyed them as well 😄 Happy 2025, and thanks for watching the big adventure today 🥰

[@brendagroff8478]

Nice shells Maddie. Thank you

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Brenda 👋🏻❤️ I'm glad you liked them 🐚🎉 it was nice to get into the 2025 shelling mood with this trip! Thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@veronicabaulch4961]

My favourite shell is zebra volute. Scallop

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Veronica 👋🏻🐚 Ohhh the Zebra Volute was super lovely this time 🤩 but which scallop was the favourite; I found a few this time 😉 Thanks again for watching the big adventures 🥰

[@maggiebrown9690]

Happy new year Maddie!

[@ShellingAdventures]

G'day Maggie 👋🏻🐚 Happy New Year 🎊 Thank you so much for watching the first adventure this year 🥰

[@cathymaxcy3391]

Hay Maddie, if you know a good way to remove oysters from anything, I would sure like to know. I found a really nice 5" Spondylus gloriosus with two oysters right on top of it.