It's a long way down there
The Stern
The Bluff!
Hallo Leser,
Today was a day spent walking! We arose at a reasonable hour but labored slowly to get our gear together. Finally we travelled a short distance up the road to the starting point for the Shipstern Bluff Walk. I was kitted out in my new boots and Susan in her frillneck brand hat, purchase last year in Kurumba. Oh we were also wearing other clothes just in case you thought we had gone hippie style.
The day was warm in the mid 20's with a fairly fresh northerly breeze which in our location was blowing off the land over the water. Shipstern Bluffs main claim to fame is the huge waves for surfing, view some video here . The walk started with a medium grade upwards until we reached a lookout point on top of the cliff with a view of our destination a descent of around 300 metres. The more concerning factor given our age and condition or lack of it was the fact we had to come back up. However we ambled down the hill pushing through the bushes that reached over the track.
We encountered a fearless echidna which appears in the video and were soon on the last section of steep descent down to the base. The flat rock and the precipitous bluff were amazing as were the size of the boulders that had dropped off the cliff! We had a wander around and ate our lunch before facing the return journey. On the way back up we encountered another echidna.
We returned to the vehicle and reviewed the statistics as captured by the GPS. Distance 12.8km, 6.5 hours travel time with a moving average speed of 3.1km/h. We will definitely return here as there are a couple of more walks to do that share the starting track. On our return we hopped into the spa to relieve our aches and pains. Susan also hopped into the nurofen and the semillon sauvignon blanc.
She also knocked up a nice tea of pasta with ham and bacon which we ate as the sun set over the horizon.
We have tried to make a rule that we are in bed by 1030 and have failed at the second night due to the quantity of pictures and video required for the blog.
Back on the HelpXing tomorrow roll on the next day off.
Cheers Simon
Shipstern Lookout
Flat Rock at Shipstern Bluff
Echidna on the track
POSTSCRIPT......
In case you are wondering at the salutation Simon has decided to use a different one each day, goodness knows where he gets them and what they say (well I do know "Google is your friend" - a favourite expression of Mr Harris').
Cheers Susan
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