The weather at Mallacoota was not really conducive to looking around the area. But one day we did a trip down to Shipwreck Creek. Maz advised us to check out the little coves etc on the way, so we stopped at Quarry Beach and found some very interesting rock formations. The same stuff they rave over and make a big thing of it in the Kimberley so we were pleasantly surprised to see it here.
The rippling in the rock is quite easy to see..
This is a view looking towards the other end of the beach and is typical of the rocky parts of the foreshore. As we wandered along the gravel road which was quite narrow in places we called into some of the coves but as some of them had steep walks down to the beach itself Lynn opted not to walk down . However when we finally got to Shipwreck creek we had a very interesting walk as we found a bird's nest on the beach or rather some other people found it, including a small boy who was very anxious to show it to us. At the time we weren't sure which birds they were as we only saw them in the distance being rather shy.
On our return to the van we checked the reference books and discovered that they were Hooded plovers.
When we first started on this trip we came across signs to a WW11 bunker so we went and had a look. It was very well set out and a lot of voluntary hours had gone into fixing the bunker and setting up the displays.
Mallacoota was supposed to be a very startegic centre during the war and is now part of the World Air Navigation System. A volunteer also gave a very interesting talk about the history of the war in the area.
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