Pebbly Beach/Bateman's bay - 13th Jan 26

We set our alarm for 7:00 a.m. so that we could get up and visit our neighbours on the beach before breakfast. We wandered down to the beach and the family of kangaroos was on the grass at the top of the beach as usual feeding. We spent some time taking some photographs and then I went for a quick morning dip in the sea.

We returned to our lodge and after breakfast we headed out for a walk to the next bay down the coast Depot Beach. We walked along the shoreline and under the cliffs looking at the amazing views where the trees and forest come right down to the beach. We did a short forest walk on some boardwalks and then retraced our steps back to Pebbly Beach. Once here Beth and I had a swim and tried our hand at some body surfing, pretty unsuccessfully although the waves were a decent size. More kangaroo encounters on our way back to the cabin obviously!

Back at the cabin we prepared ourselves for a journey to Bateman's Bay, about 20 minutes south. Once there we walked along the seafront, looking at the sculptures and pelicans before stopping at a restaurant for some food with Beth and Ed opting for fish and chips whilst I had an Asian salad with shrimps and pork belly. Delicious.

We spent the next couple of hours driving along the coast and stopping at various beaches and lookouts including one where we could see seals in the water and lounging on the rocks far below.

After a quick stop again in Bateman's Bay for an ice cream and supplies we came back to the cabin and went to see our friends on the beach again with me taking my third dip of the day.

It was late afternoon by now and we had a couple of drinks and nibbles at the lodge. Whilst we were just sitting outside a couple of very friendly wallabies turned up and were foraging for food seemingly completely unfazed by our presence. One of the wallabies remained and was then joined by two kangaroos. The kangaroos in particular, whilst wild, were so inquisitive and came right up to our table.

Eventually they sauntered off we walked back down to the beach at dusk where we found the kangaroos lounging around and generally being cute.

Back to the lodge for another evening barbecue and then a relatively early night just before 11:00 following a very productive day!Leggi altro