After a clean up and repack , we headed back out to Quobba Point , we through the swimmers & snorkelling gear in , as well as some lunch and away we went . The turnoff is north of Carnarvon and about 70 kms to the campground & beach .
Lyn has wanted to see a bird flower plant for a while now , and we spotted some on the way out and stopped for a look - here it is - the Regal Bird Flower - wonder how it got it's name ??? haha .
This stretch of coastline is very rugged , limestone everywhere and a lot of rock shelves and small cliffs - a dangerous section of coast as well , it gets very deep very close to the shoreline . The tide was going out , revealing the rock shelves that are normally covered in water .
There are a number of large rocks just sitting on top of the other , not sure whether it's tougher than the surrounding rocks or it's just been pushed around by the waves , water is now flowing under it .
Speaking of flowing ,large waves do crash over the rocks , creating a white foaming cascade , which in turn creates little waterfalls as it makes it's way back to the ocean .
The sand dunes and hills around are covered in yellow flowering shrubbery at the moment .
One of the main things people come here for , is the blowholes . The limestone shelf is quite porous , meaning it has lots of holes in it , and as the swell pushes in it forces air & water out through a fault line and out through smaller holes , creating a blast of air & water in several spots - it can be quite spectacular .
This should indicate how deep the water is , some whales were only about 100m off the edge ,
After walking around the rocks for a while , we drove up towards the north about a kilometre . Once there we got out to see a rock shaped like a triangle about 2.5m high , behind it was a wave breaking - no exploding on the rocks .
When the rock shelf is exposed , there is quite an amazing amount of coral in the rock pools - this is one of them .
As it's not National Park out here , the drone got to go for a fly - this is the coastline heading north .
The island in middle of the photo protects the lagoon on the left which is called the Aquarium - apparently very good for snorkelling - my jacket hasn't come off yet , so there was no chance of getting in the water - the windchill would have been horrific . The camping area is to the left .
This shot is where the blowholes are - which happen to be going off .
On the way in you drive alongside Lake Macleod , there's a Betacarotene plant there , and further up is Dampier Salt producing salt in the lake . This is the Betacarotene plant .
There's not a lot of water in what we could see , generally a dry clay pan with what resembles islands of low vegetation .
The road passes through the edge of Lake Macleod and snakes off into the distance back toward Carnarvon .
And that was our day out at Quobba Blowholes , a nice relaxed day , just a bit cool and breezy . Here's map Link :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AT1-92ec6RO3CttfiAoqDCTiMo1zOD-k&usp=sharing
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