It was another super pleasant and gently breezy 24°C day so there’s no excuse to stay in whatsoever! We decided to head out to the Coast Track at the Royal National Park for a bushwalk, and we certainly planned it a lot better than our last walk to Winifred Falls. tongue
We started at around noon. Richard decided that Marley Beach shall be our halfway point so that we had enough time to do a short walk and back before it gets dark. We also brought our swimmers just in case.
Coast Track: The beginning
Coast Track: The sign reads “Don’t have fun” (paraphrased)
Coast Track: Look at how interesting the sand is! It’s white on the left and yellow on the right — which just occurred to me that it’s rather suiting, because Richard is white and on the left, and I’m the Asian on the right #racist
Coast Track: First views of the sea!
Say cheese
Coast Track: How did you people get down there? We’re going down there too?
Coast Track: Looking back at where I took the previous shot
Coast Track: There were other people on the track, too
Coast Track: Look at all these pretty little small white fallen petals
Coast Track Overlooking Marley Beach: Our halfway point is in sight!
Coast Track Overlooking Marley Beach: Just need to get down there
Coast Track: Check out all that sand dunes
Coast Track: Almost didn’t see the giant fissure and stepped right into the gap
Coast Track: Fissure and sea
Coast Track: Richard warned me about standing too close to the cliff edge, because it might just give way like what happened to one unfortunate English(?) bloke somewhere else in the world
We walked at a very comfortable speed and reached our halfway point on schedule, in about 2 hours. Walking back felt a lot easier.
Marley Beach: We’re there! But apparently it’s a very dangerous place according to this sign
Marley Beach
Marley Beach: The sign reads: “Warning / Unpatrolled Beach / Dangerous Surf”; sounds fun
Marley Beach: Such gorgeous rock structure
Marley Beach: Was tempted to send this to my parents and freak them out by telling them this is where I was swimming
Marley Beach: The falling sign reads “Big Marley A Dharawal Place”
Coast Track: Check out that moon
Coast Track: The steel walkways were quite slippery even though it wasn’t a wet day
Coast Track: This is my view most of the time
Coast Track: This thing is meant to be.. erect. *snickers*
Richard first spotted a rainbow at another spot when we were walking back. We waited and waited but decided to give up, but finally, down here, rainbow!
Coast Track: Didn’t manage to capture the double rainbow
Coast Track: And of course, my favourite shadow shot
I saw all the wildlife and animal tracks on the walk!
Photographic evidence of Richard provoking an ant
Lizard totally chilling out on a rock; it was still there when we went back
Would have missed this if Richard didn’t point out the hoof tracks of probably a deer or a pig
Crows are cool
That bird was looking at Richard and posing for him the whole time
Would have missed this too if Richard didn’t point out there was the track of a marsupial of some kind
I spotted this grub; Richard said this may or may not be the grub that the Aboriginal used to eat. Mmm protein
Richard allegedly helping the grub get out of the path
The poor grub didn’t have a smooth landing
No idea what this is, but I spotted this beautiful green and gold shiny insect bug thing
We saw a photographer taking pictures in the middle of the track; he found this little guy. We stayed for a bit after everyone left and managed to capture him in action — feasting on all the bugs around!
No, I don’t think I have taken enough pictures. Why do you ask? tongue
After the walk, we took a bit of extra time to drive down to Jibbon Beach for a quick dip. The tide was a lot higher than our last visit and the water was still a little cool. The number of boats there was also far lower than what Richard expected to see for the long weekend.
Jibbon Beach: Nude swimming is totally okay. The sign says so!
Richard dragging a log out of the waters because it might hit some unfortunate person’s boat
Happy paw prints along the shore
Long shadow is long
Such a lovely day out! I can’t wait to explore the rest of Sydney and the world!
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