Whenever we are traveling near the coast, we try to check out as many beaches as time allows. Here are some from our trip down to see Unka Mark and Aunty Vicki. The first photo is across the mouth of Bateman's Bay. Canberrans just call it "The Bay". It is just 1.5 hours drive from Canberra. There are lots of beaches around the bay, some shallow and calm, just great for kids. The second photo is Wimbie beach. The islands in the background are the Tollgates. These mark the entry to the bay, and have colonies of Little Penguins, shearwaters and petrels living on them. Third is the lagoon at the southern end of Narooma Surf Beach. This beach has good surf and spectacular rock formations at each end. The lagoon usually has lots of seabirds in it, but they mush have known I was coming and flew away. We stayed at the Seahorse Inn in Boydtown. This inn was built in the 1840s to service whalers, but was abandoned when the owner went bankrupt. It was renovated in the 1930s and the 50s and is a great place to stay. It is right on the beachfront and the beach is long and wide. Milkshake, Scruffy and I spent hours on this beach. We found a small shrub where we could hide and watch for whales and birds. We also hunted along the tide line for pretty shells and any interesting flotsam that the waves had bought in. A sharp lookout for monster crabs was kept, but none were sighted. I love our beaches, they are bigger and better than any I have seen during my travels around the Pacific islands.
Labels: beach, Eden, New South Wales, south coast
# posted by Bart Bear @ 10:59 am
