Barnabus says Hello

Girl holds bucket with Barnabus the Bucket Crab in it


I’m Barnabus the Bucket Crab and oh-my-word, I love my home. A special place, where my ocean meets our land, all pressed upon by mother natures climatic tendancies. You’ll find me around the sea shore at low tide. That’s where you arrive. . . with your buckets.

Sometimes I have-a-go to give you a nip and sometimes you squeel aloud to celebrate my awesomeness. . . it’s all in the game. Tradition overides everything, including weather . . and there I am, for a while, for your enjoyment and delight. . . in your bucket.
I am indeed, a Bucket Crab. I love my home and I love you, most of the time, most of you.

A crab named Barnabus hangs on edge of rock looking out to sea
A crab named Barnabus hangs on edge of rock looking out to sea

If we fit in your bucket, we are the bucket crabs. That bit makes sense. However, why we seem to all be called Barnabus, beats me.

Some of us have middle names. It adds to the fun of friendly banter and affection whilst mooching around the sea shore, going about our business.

I’m from the “handsome” Bucket Crab cohort tribe. Mum said “you’re handsome” to about 1000 of us. . . and to the other 90,000 she seemed to prefer “Oh, look out”. . . They must be else where down current, I’ve not met any of them again around here.

On adventures, I’ve met such characters such as Barnabus the “gunna-need-a-bigger” Bucket Crab. . . What a dood. Then there is Barnabus “a rascal of a” Bucket Crab. . . such fun, but a bit of a wierd thing going on with snail shells.
Other middle names are around, but most individuals are content with just being and exclaiming, “!’m Barnabus the Bucket Crab”, from any vantage point.


A crab named barnabus sits on the beach and hails the sunset
Yet another “you know who”… this time hailing the sunset
A crab named barnabus sits on a rock and looks moody as the image is in black and white
and yet another “yep, you getting the idea ” they are everywhere

A crab called Barnabus on beach looking out of its shell
A crab called Barnabus on beach looking out of its shell

Barnabus “a rascal of a” Bucket Crab, was my companion on one of my adventures. The one where I kicked-off about The Everlasting Poo.
Behind the scenes, mainly, in the said name video, perhaps, but great fun.

Its subtley over-enthusiastic waving and the causing of mischief and mini meyhem, with a simple unteathered sense of curiosity. . . leading to just fiddling around with things, is endearing.


Stay tuned for some of the adventures of Barnabus the Bucket Crab. . . coming soon.