View from Mangion Blow Hole back toward Remarkable Cave
Mangion Blow Hole - "Nature imitates life/Life imitates nature"
View out to sea from Mangion Blow Hole
Crescent Bay
View from Mount Brown back to Crescent Bay and Port Arthur
"One more for the cairn" atop Mount Brown
"Happy Bushwalkers"
Hi Folks,
Well the perfect weather abated for our day off. A windy cloudy day but mercifully not cold. The wind was from the north a portent of a change on the way.
We headed out around 1030 taking Jimmy with us for his day out at Port Arthur. Before leaving I got him to ring our Telstra phone from his Optus one to store his number so we could ring him on our way back from walking to arrange a pick up. Of course I didn't realise there was no Optus coverage at Port Arthur! Doh!
After coffee at Port Arthur we drove to the start of the walk at Remarkable Cave.
The walk was mainly flat as we headed towards Crescent Beach and Mount Brown with some soft dune sand to contend with and travelled through thick coastal scrub up to head height in places. The track was narrow and the bushes did a good job of scratching my calves. The first stop was Maingon Blowhole. A very deep fissure in the ground with no railings around. It was very precarious trying to peek over to see the water especially with the wind! We moved on.
I could say we elected to walk to the end of Crescent Beach first before returning to take the spur up to Mount brown. However the truth was I missed the turn off.
Anyway we walked to the end of Crescent Beach. I explored a bit further towards the headland where more blowholes were located. After returning to the beach we had a light lunch and returned along the beach to climb up Mount Brown. The view from the top was excellent but the wind was strong. We returned down the hill, Susan picking her way carefully over the flat rocks. We returned to the car after completing the 11km in around 5 hours. From there to Port Arthur picking up Jimmy and returning to the resort and the nice warm spa to relieve out muscles.
Catch you later,
Cheers Simon
Crescent Beach
Blowhole at end of the Beach
Mount Brown Panorama
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