Day 49: Eighty Mile beach

 Night time temperature are starting to get very cool which is a pleasant change from the hot days. Very comfortable from sleeping and a bit chilly first up in the morning.

There are a lot of departures this morning and we are devoid of neighbours for the morning, then arrivals start flowing in after lunch. The sites are very generous, so you are not right on top of your neighbour anyway.


Plenty of room this morning

High tide was at 5.12am and low is expected at 12.04 pm, so it will be interesting to see how far much beach is exposed at low tide, and if there are any gutters that might be good fishing spots.

There were a few housekeeping jobs that filled out most of the morning before we headed to the beach to see what was happening with the tide. It is still 2 hours till low tide but a vast amount of beach has been exposed. 


Looking in either direction you can see from the still wet sand from the morning high, just how much the water has receded.


The sand is dead flat, no holes, gutters or drop offs, so no obvious fishing spots. Even at high tide, the water that you fish in is quite shallow. At least there are no obvious snags or weed.


Looking back at the shore from the waterline with the tide still going out


An Oyster Catcher running along the waterline picking up a few treats



The flora find of the day is the "Beach Pea", a purple flowered vine that grows over the dunes stabilising the soil. It has large 'pea like" seed pods.



Back just over the dune and into the park, is a War Memorial for those who lost their lives in the Vietnam War.



We pretty much stayed out of the afternoon heat, relaxing under our awning, with a short break for an nice cream mid afternoon. As was the case yesterday, this is a very popular pastime and we had quite a wait.


It really is very good ice cream

Later in the afternoon the resident wallaby was doing the rounds, this time without his magpie mate from yesterday.


Carole also decided to do some baking this afternoon, so we now have date and ginger loaf for morning and afternoon tea for a while.



It's our last night at Eighty Mile Beach, so we thought it was only fitting to go down to the beach and watch the sun go down with an appropriate beverage.






Arriving back at our van after sunset, we have some frugal new neighbours. I am assuming they are a lot younger than us.



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