Another walk on another day. We headed towards Phillip Island this particular day & decided to stop & eat our picnic lunch at San Remo & then thought, why don't we walk the beach here, down to the headland & up the stairs, which we'd not done before. Not many people were about, so off we went, camera in hand and basically had the beach to ourselves. I'll take you along in photos.
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| Driftwood on the track leading down to the sand. |
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We walked along the track for a way before making our way onto the sand.
Notice the absence of people? |
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| I like to think these are strings of squidgy pearls. |
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| Pretty patterns adorning the rocks. |
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| Never sure what these are, but so many shells encasing itty bitty creatures. |
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| Looking towards San Remo & over to Phillip Island. |
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| Looking back again to the first set of stairs, but we continued on to the second set & headed upwards. |
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Reaching the top, you realise there is a new estate with roads and houses taking shape.
I cannot believe all the new developments happening everywhere we go.
Depressing........... |
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| Looking from the top of the first set of stairs to the second in the distance where we climbed up. |
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| Looking once again, across to Phillip Island. |
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As we passed the Primary School, we noticed a beautiful Spoonsville.
There are still some about, well looked after, although the small one near us has disappeared. |
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| I snapped these wonderful gum nuts still attached to a wayward branch in someones lovely garden. |
Well that was a great walk, with very few people around until we were heading back into town past homes & school. We never did go over the bridge to Phillip Island that day, but it's only just over an hour's drive for us from home and we do go a few times each year.
Today has been lovely & sunny so we took ourselves off for a local walk after we'd been pottering about this morning. DH washed the car (much needed) & played in his shed for a little bit & I did a load of washing, popped our evening meal into the slow cooker, sewed 2 quilt blocks, then went outside & did some potting so I can show some progress in a later post.
Enough of my waffling, take care all, stay safe & hugs from down under.
Susan.
There's nothing like a walk on the beach to blow away the cobwebs. We found our beaches very quiet last week too, I think it will be a different matter when the schools break up though.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo. Ours will be quiet for the next few months with winter approaching, but I like it better with no-one around.
DeleteLovely coastline and I agree beach walks all to yourself are the best. I agree it's depressing with so many housing estates popping up everywhere. The spoons are such fun, the children must have enjoyed making them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Eileen. We love them quieter too & have plenty of coastline to explore on the eastern side of our state. There were lots of Spoonsvilles appearing throughout the lockdown which was fun, even for us oldies.
DeleteI love your 'walking tour' photo gallery Susan. Is the sea a lovely shade of blue or is it cold and grey. Is swimming allowed or are you likely to be attacked by a shark?
ReplyDeleteThanks Cherie. Depending on the weather, it can be extremely blue on a glorious sunny day & a sullen grey when overcast or stormy, no matter what season. As for swimming, on certain popular beaches you must swim between the flags due to rips & other hazards, but in summer they have manned lookout towers for people in trouble or sharks. They also have aerial surveillance when they know there are sharks about. We don't seem to get as many hereabouts, though we do have penguins, dolphins and seals in our two big bays, ie: Port Phillip and Westernport. They do dolphin sightseeing in the first & there is a nightly Penguin Parade on Phillip Island which is viewing again after being closed during the Pandemic. Too much info?
DeleteNot too much info at all. It's fascinating for me to hear about it all.
DeleteLooks beautiful ... I am starting to crave a visit to the sea 😃
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol & I too crave sea fixes, having grown up a couple of suburbs away from Cronulla beach in Sydney.
DeleteLovely walk, like Carol 👆🏼 above, I am miss the sea too - hopefully soon
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate & yes, hopefully soon you can get away to a lovely deserted stretch of coast. Maybe Zeb will find somewhere off the beaten track.
DeleteI love the view in the second pic - I could quite easily live there :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Eunice & yes our coastal views are pretty spectacular in many places.
DeleteI can't believe such a beautiful beach is so peaceful. Stunning. ❤️
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