Day two of our big walk last week covered another 12 beaches, would you believe?
Namely: Woolgoolga Back Beach, Hearnes Lake Beach, Sandys Beach, Fiddamans Beach, Emerald Beach, Shelly Beach, Moonee Beach, Sapphire Beach, Campbells Beach, Hills Beach, Opal Cove Beach, and Korora Beach.
We also had close encounters with several of those solitary islands, and with a Brahminy kite.
With a surfer needing help getting dressed too!
It's 60km of largely beach walking, with scenic headlands, little bits of rainforest, and the odd street section. We walked it from north to south, Red Rock to Sawtell, over three days, basing ourselves in Coffs Harbour.
It's named for the string of lonely looking islands just off the coast. The scenery is great, specially if you like beaches. Or wildlife. We saw lots of whales, dolphins, eagles, kites, ospreys. Plus kangaroos and surfers galore.
We used a minibus taxi based in Woolgoolga to assist with our start from Red Rock.
Then it's off along our first beach: Red Rock Beach.
Other beaches today: Corindi, Arrawarra, Ocean View, Mullaway, Cabins, Darkum, Safety, and Woolgoolga.
A pair of White-bellied sea eagles
Remains of a shipwreck here. The Buster sank in 1893, and unexpectedly re-emerged out of the beach a few months ago.
