NOTE The camera was on the wrong setting for ALL the photos I took today 😒
After a visit to the market this morning and quick bite to eat we headed to South Head Beach where deafeningly awesome surf was pounding the shore. We stood on the beach transfixed by the sheer beauty and power of the waves and listened to the thundering noise which we both thought sounded like a jet plane. No local surfer was crazy enough to venture in today I'm pleased to say.
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| Crash! |
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| They just kept rolling in |
From there a quick drive took us to the
point and the site of an old (1880's) cemetery which looked out over
the cruel sea. There are 20 graves there, most of the stones are
illegible now.
There is great viewing platform there
for seeing whales dolphins and seals. Today we were lucky enough to
see a family of seals just hanging out in the inhospitable sea. A
local lady told me they are usually in the same spot everyday, she
also said we should come back in October to see the whales...We just
might do that!
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| South Head Point, Moruya |
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| I know, bad photo but I promise you, they are seals |
Next stop was Shelly Beach and I was
eager to repeat yesterdays shell collecting experience but we
discovered the beach was named after some Aboriginal Middins found at
the site. Unfortunately we saw no evidence of them.
What we did see from Shelly Beach was a
group of sky divers just as they left the plane, about 6 of them
successfully landed in the same spot on the distant shore however one
ill-fated jumper ended up in the sea. We watched as the plane circled
back and forth marking the spot for a rescue. Luckily a jet ski
arrived quickly so we can only hope that the outcome was a happy one.
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| Circling plane over ditched sky diver |
We passed a small historic quarry where
80 stone masons from England cut stones for the pylons of the Sydney
Harbour Bridge from the local rock. I was amused by this as I
remembered learning that
stone was especially bought from Sydney to
build Boyd's Tower not far away in Eden!
Looks like you had a wonderful trip! Photos are great! xx
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