View of the Red Cliff from the headland next to our camp spot.
We used the MaxTrax for the first time in “anger” yesterday to do a recovery from very soft sand. It wasn’t for us though ! A camper van on the site next to us parked on a particular soft section and the front axle sank, lots of wheel spin etc… I offered the use of the MaxTrax and they do work really well as it turns out, got the van out of the mire in a couple of minutes.
Anyway, this morning we set off south to Brooms Head, as recommended by the “surfer dude” yesterday. We had to stop off at the supermarket and bottle shop first as both food and alcohol supplies were running dangerously low. The supermarket and bottle shop had a coffee place next door so we also had second breakfast there with coffee and Danish pastries.
One of the kangaroos that live on the camp site.
We chose the direct route to Brooms Head, following the Pacific Highway for most of the way before cutting off towards the coast.
The first site we tried was at Sandon Bluffs and, frankly, it resembled a small shanty town. It was full to bursting with boats on trailers scattered all over the place. The sites themselves were tiny with everyone seemingly pitching on top of each other. We turned around and headed north again in the hope that the next site up, near the Red Cliff to the north of Brooms Head was better.
A Joey in it’s mother’s pouch.
This site was such a contrast to the first one, thankfully. Lots of space, clear views of the beach and sea from the pitches and a small headland about 100 metres away that is high enough to see the humpback whales again. Lots of ‘Roos were moving around the site, many of them with Joeys in their pouches. By the end of the evening we’d seen a good selection of wildlife around us including the endangered Coastal Emus.
We’ll probably stay here a couple of nights and walk into Brooms Head tomorrow. We used up some of our firewood stash tonight with a small camp fire and will probably use up the remainder tomorrow night. The sun had some real heat in it this afternoon but as soon as the sun starts to go down the temperature drops really quickly. By the time we went to bed it had dropped to around 13C which feels pretty cold after walking around in shorts and a T Shirt all day !