Yuragir coastal walk, Nsw Australia

[ofuros]

Completed this section of the 4 day coastal walk back in April.....

Tidal river crossing to deal with first up....it's all in the timing.
Before & after shots.



Layne was here....this artwork caught my eye as I wandered along the high tide mark.


Further along, I surprised an eagle, slap bang in the middle of the path,
it flew off in a panic leaving behind it's meal of freshly caught Bandicoot.


Solitude...the only footprints were my own.


Washed up debris....take a seat & stay awhile.


My turn around point. Wooli Wooli river crossing, too deep, wide & fast flowing to cross.


Daylight fading fast, I back tracked quick smart & struggled to find two suitable trees with beach frontage.
My headlamp lit a small circular patch of sand in front of me while foam filled waves broke in the darkness.
Spotted a ramshackled tree house made out of flotsam & jetsam....just a uneven platform decorated with shell wind chimes, looked good to me after a long day on soft sand & clambering over a rocky shoreline.
Under torchlight, I spread my insulated hammock over the hard boards, snuggled under half a tarp
and watched/ listened to the breakers roll in.




Mozzies whined all night, but the built in fly net kept them at bay.
Feeling like a castaway, i woke to this morning view....



Breaky......shared with a cheeky local.



Tired of waiting for the tidal river to drop, I waded across anyway....carefully....back to my car & civilization.



Pounding waves, salty sea spray, rotting seaweed...sea eagles, ospreys, wallaby's, crabs, fish, rock pools...
Enjoyed this little adventure.

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[2ply]

Thanks for sharing the adventure. Looks like a great time.

[LazyBee]

Nice trip report and I wish we had a beach closer to us here to walk on! I like wind chimes as they were definitely an original for sure. Thanks for posting and please share more of your adventures with us. You live in a unique area of the world.

[Slowanderer]

Thanks for the short walk about.
Really enjoy seeing outings from other countries.

[ofuros]

Thanks 2ply, LazyBee & Slowanderer....The sea had been calling for quite a while, made a nice change
from the forests & ridges where you would normally find me.

[nothermark]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing it. As you said, different from where most of us are most of the time.

[ofuros]

Thanks nothermark, going to ground in a tree house brought back childhood memories....but without pad,
it was also the roughest nights sleep I've had for a long, long time.

[ofuros]

A little further north this weekend...day 2 of the four day walk.
Now the warm weather is kicking in, a cool coastal walk hits the spot.......

[HammockDreamer]

Great shots Ofuros!

I love coastal walks, did you do any fishing?

Cheers,
Metz

[Redoleary]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.