Lighthouse Walk and a Port Sunset

We woke up this morning to the sound of pounding feet as the Port Macquarie Running Festival was on. There’s the 21.1km, the 10km and 5km and if you do all three, you qualify as a Treble Buster. It was stinky hot and humid.

We took ourselves off in the high humidity to do part of a great walk that runs 9km south along the coast from Port Macquarie. We walked the bit from Shelly Beach to Tacking Point Lighthouse through Sea Acres National Park; crossing 4 or 5 beaches and up and down. Absolutely beautiful (well, except for the nudist bloke). Little Nippers were out training on Lighthouse Beach and on our return to Shelly Beach, we spotted a number of leisurely goannas who seemed friendly enough.

In the afternoon, we took a stroll around the neat and tidy town and ended up at the Royal Hotel for a drink and a bite to eat. The 1881 hotel sits right on the foreshore of the river with beautiful Norfolk pines and water views towards Pelican Point. We wandered down to the jetty to watch a spectacular sunset and take in the serenity.

And bats!!! We have never seen so many flying foxes. Where are they coming from? There were thousands crossing the foreshore and heading to a distant point in search of food.. I suspected they were circling back and flying over again but maybe not. The odd one was flying back and had obviously left the light on at home.

Sitting out back at the van; the temperature is perfect, a glorious evening. Port Macquarie is a definite “come back again’ place.

WILDLIFE: Lizard, Goannas, Flying Foxes (Bats)

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