We were kind of stuck at the bush camping - it's Bank holiday here and everywhere (except our camping.. too far out) is busy- it's hard to find somewhere other than laybys to sleep in and we didn't want to spend the whole weekend in a lay-by.... not even Dr Fred!!!! So being here a couple of extra days and having time to explore we decided, as it was a good evening we would walk to the beach it's about a 5K return walk through the bush. That isn't that far unless it's 36 degrees as it has been.... but the evenings are cooler and we hoped that on the way back in the dusk we might spot kangaroo! We took some beer and water and set off through the bush. It was a very clear and sandy path and it went up and down and seem to go on forever... we could hear the sea and caught glimpses of it in the trees ...but we never seem to get any nearer. There was no evident wildlife and at one point we did think we'd taken the wrong path. After what seemed like long time but in reality was just about right to walk the distance we arrived at an immense stretch of white sand just as the light started to fade.
We definitely walked another half k to get to the sea which was fairly wild and making some enormous waves. The rocks were all very jaggy and so we sat on the sand and had a drink and contemplated the doomed planet. The sky was amazing as the sun went down - every shade of orange and gold gave way to deep purple's and blues.
the beaches in this part of the world are clean -no plastic, no debris - a lot of shell particles and cuttlefish but so far no the treasure, but it's early days... and really I don't want to find anything too exciting as I can't bring it home!
It was a gibbous moon, enough to light the track home, so we started back going slowly and quietly hoping to see some wildlife... not a sausage! the odd bird but not even a bat until we got back to camp... we sat out quite late drinking wine but still no kangaroos...
Next day we investigated the road leading to cave Point.
We had spotted the cave with the binoculars from Mount Barren - it looked interesting and wild. First we went to look at the beach. It was really windy and the temperatures were quite a bit lower then yesterday - only in the mid-20s making it very pleasant. I sat on the beach reading, Dr Fred went to see if he could traverse the cliff to get to the cave. He figured that this would take far too long and it would be easier to drop down to it, so we went round to the cliff top which is above the cave. And once again he was thawrted! He couldn't my make it due to extremely large waves which would have 'got' him. The rock was very loose and the cave was really in the sea ... he did find a couple of smaller caves so not all bad.
I also found some treasure but it was too fragile to bring back into the van so I had to make do with photographs on memories.
We are defo getting into the swing of the van life it's comfortable as vans go and if I get fed up I just remember I could be in a tent!!!! haha those days are long gone!
Ahh Clair, you are making me smile widely in your continued search for a kangaroo. Indeed, when in Oz one expects them to be everywhere, but in reality they too have their fav locations. You’ll see one soon and then you won’t stop taking pics. Lovely pic of Bro with the van, he looks so happy and you on the beach, awesome pics. We are expecting snow here this week so wishing I had stayed away longer. My love to you both, keep enjoying xxx
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