Let’s start our board walk.
First, we crossed the sandbar.
Where there were birds of all types.
Then on to the break wall, with a lovely view upstream all the way back to the hills.
Where we got close up to a hunter.
And its prey.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Urunga – Part 1
We are exploring another seaside place – Urunga, some 30km south of Coffs Harbour. A great feature of the town is its boardwalk, which runs for 1km over the lagoon from the town to its ocean beach. It was originally built in 1908, restored in 1988, and extended to its current length in 2010.
It follows the Kalang and Bellinger Rivers as it winds past mangroves…
And sandbanks.
The photos I took haven’t done it justice – it’s a gem.
Floral Interlude
The next day we headed back to the coast to the town of Urunga, just a few k’s away from Mylestom. But before we start exploring, how about a little floral interlude. We found this bottlebrush right by the estuary. It must be a real salt-loving variety.
To the Sea
We ended the day with a quick detour to the mouth of Bellinger, at the village of Mylestom.
As you can see, the escarpment isn’t so far away on this part of the coast, so one can easily go from the mountains to the sea in an hour or so.
We’ll take another wander around this coast line in my next post.
Static and Silence 