Australia 2020 - Day 16 - Coles Bay and Bicheno


Friday

The fire risk is still high so the National Park is off limits again although it is nowhere near as hot today, thermometer topped at around 30 degrees and now a very pleasant 26 degrees which makes a cold beer taste just great.

We headed out to Coles Bay this morning for great views of the Hazard Mountains...


...and then on to Bicheno. A beach town known for it’s Penguin colony (although they are out at sea all day and come back to their burrows and chicks at dusk) and a blowhole which is spectacular when the sea is rough but it still managed to catch me out with a rogue spray!


We walked to the Whalers Lookout which gave great views, during the whaling industry Aboriginal women were employed (because of their good eyesight) and the whales were hunted almost to extinction! Today there is just a cacophony of crested Tern nesting on Governor Island and an odd Australian Fur Seal basking on the rocks.



Just around the coast was Rice Pebble Beach which felt like Paradise, a small sheltered cove all to ourselves, waves gently breaking on the shore. Crystal clear water, rock pools and pine trees and amazing tiny grains of multicoloured pebbles.



Whisky flavoured ice cream  from the Oyster Shack (100 Aus $ for a live lobster) finished a great afternoon.


9,000 steps, 4 miles

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