We spent the morning (after a sleep in) driving around to various beaches and having a bit of a stroll and a look.
If you can follow the path we took you will see number 3 is virtually on the coast. The photos directly below are of the beach area near there. There is an island (with a cache) which you must be able to get to at low tide (it was not low enough this day and time) . We were a bit disappointed about that , but fascinated by the rock formations (horizontal rock slabs) - see picture 2.
We also enjoyed the rock pools between the slabs where lots of shells and crabs played.
Some of the rock was very much a conglomerate and appeared like it had been man made- but we don't think it was.
We also saw the first few of many of these blue balloons lying on the beach. We surmised that maybe it was a sea creature of some type. You could stamp on them and they popped like a balloon. Having googled a bit since then, I think they may be bluebottle jellyfish which have washed up and dried.
We were also fascinated by the sign at the entrance to the beach and wondered how we could possibly drive within 200m of the shore irregularly - eventually we realised this was for PWCs (personal water craft = jet skis and the like) . We saw a number of similar signs while we were in the area. I guess the noise is a problem for residents and maybe they are a safety issue as well.
Further around the bays (near number 6) we again stopped to admire the beach and see if we could find a cache - once again foiled by the water height . Another quite pleasant beach though - and the homes on the north eastern hill overlooking the bay would have a really lovely view of waves crashing and people playing on the beach.
We back tracked a little and went to about number 9 , where we parked and headed off by foot up the Banksia walk to Burrewara Point. Not far in we found the disused bunker - the remains of radar station number 17 from WW11, and finally succesfully located a cache hidden there as well.
Apparently the radar could plot a ship location that was 100 miles away! It was amazing how close to the track the bunker was and how well hidden in the thick bush. At one stage about 50 people worked here.
This is what the track looked like for some of the way.
We located the fully automated lighthouse and survey marker much closer to the actual point
Just after we left them we heard the sound of crashing out to sea and , on closer inspection, realised that there were whales down in the water. Trevor rushed further out along the point to get a good view. I stayed up higher where I thought there might be a better vantage point from behind all the foliage. Sure enough there were hump back whales - including a baby who was having a whale of a time breaching almost continually as it headed along the coast line with mum happily moving along behind.
We stayed and marvelled at the sight for a good while as they moved further along.
The banksia walk was not called that for nothing. There were lots of fantastic examples along the way.
...and a few of these lovely , translucent paper flowers.
A few seals sunning themselves and soaking up what warmth they could from the rocks.
And this well disguised fellow popped in to just say hello.
Love these unique pods
We admired these purple buds that turn into white flowers. How does that happen?
And we missed the opportunity to take a photo of the echidna who ambled across in front of us- took too long to get the Echidna CSI app out and enabled. By then he was gone.
We headed home for a rest after all that excitement.
I returned the jigsaw and borrowed another one, then started sorting it out for edge pieces.
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