Sunrise over Plumbago Beach next to our camp spot

It’s been a long day today but a good one nonetheless. We decided it was about time we made the effort to get up in the morning for the sunrise as we are on the east coast now. Officially sunrise is at 6.37 am although the false dawn starts at least 30 mins before that as does the dawn chorus.
It was really cold last night and getting up and out of the tent at that time was hard work but it was a good sunrise and we got lots of pics from the beach, the headland and our camp spot. I confess once the sun was up we retired back to the tent until the sun got some warmth into it !

A male Superb Fairy Wren visited us this morning with a flock of females and juveniles.

During breakfast we were visited by one of our favourite Australian birds, a small flock of Fairy Wrens. The male was one of the most colourful we’ve seen so far.
We decided that with the weather being so good we’d take a walk into Brooms Head. This is around 5km away with the first km on the top of the headlands and cliffs and then 4km along the beach.

Yet another Humpback Whale picture !

Brooms Head is a really nice little town, dominated a bit by the camping site which seems to have pitches alongside the beach stretching from on end of the town to the other. It was gone 12 by the time we got there so we stopped at the “snack shack” next to the beach for a coffee and a bite to eat to fortify us for the return journey 🙂
While sat outside the cafe, soaking up the sun a small pod of dolphins started “surfing” in the waves. Something I’ve heard of them doing but not seen before. After we’d eaten Pam spotted a whale not far off the coast – certainly a lot closer in than the others we’ve seen anyway. It was another humpback and spent ages slapping the water with it’s tail. I make no apologies for yet another whale picture ! When we get a decent mobile signal I might even upload a video clip of it.

The view back towards our camp site from Brooms Head

By the time we got back to our camp spot we were both ready for a cold beer. I think we’ll feel it in our legs tomorrow, walking that distance on sand is hard work… We used up our remaining firewood for a camp fire and sat up well after sunset watching it burn down to ash.
Not certain yet where we will head to tomorrow, it’s almost tempting to stay here for a few more days it’s so nice but we could both do with a shower and we need to do some washing so I suspect we’ll head to a caravan park for a night.

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