There has been a burst of hot sunny weather amongst the downpours this weekend so we grabbed the opportunity for a day out while we could and headed off here.
We found a little place in the park that had road access to a river feeding into a small estuary before heading out to sea with a lovely little beach only accessable by walking along the boardwalks. We took a picnic and are getting quite adept at packing for a full day out. We loaded up the car with a laden eski (pre cooked chicken, salad, wraps, chips (Brits read crisps!) watermelon etc - check me out!), 5L of water, squash, camp chairs, rug, dumper trucks, spades etc..... So, we set up for a picnic by a little waterfall. Local water lizard turns up and begs for food - I kid you not! A very successful picnic was had and then we started to explore. Several hours were spent playing as demonstrated below:
This was the view out to sea from where we were.
We picniced under those trees
We spent most of our time on top of those rocks where the water cascades over the rocks and into the estuary. Those people were jumping off and down around 60 feet into the water!
We took a drive back along the tourist route. We have been caught out in Australia with those before. What looks like a 20 minute detour on the map turns out to be at least an hour! Anyhoo - we took punt and went for it. So glad we did as this view greeted us as we made a turn in the road. This snapshot really doesn't do it justice. It was really breathtaking even on a cloudy day.
So on reflection; organisation, a good picnic, suncream, hats and some water make for a great day out.
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