The starting point

The starting point

Saturday, 8 October 2022

26/9/22 Barnhill Day 2

 


   Day 2 at Barnhill starts with some warm offshore wind , 32 degrees at 9:30am . The thing that we do know , the sea breeze will kick in around 12noon and supply some relief . Tide is nearly at it's highest point of 9.4m - it goes out to 0.4m !! There's a lot of water moving around out there .


   Another metre or so till high tide - not much beach then .


    Everywhere you look here , there are contrasts & colours just shouting out at you .


   No walking around the rocks on the sand , you have to go over the top .


   Mulla mulla are out in flower , bringing some softness to the harsh conditions .


    All the rocks here have been shaped by the wind & water , making fascinating patterns .


   Time for some aerial shots , here's the northside beach and looking up toward Roebuck Bay .


  A lot of the shrubbery actually looks like it wants to be here - nice and green . Erosion uncovers the rock stacks & breaks through the darker rock above .

   It's an interesting place to explore , the diversity and the beauty of it is what brings us back time and again .


    This is the southern side beach .


   Here's the whole of Barnhills campground - the thick treed area is the powered section , the barer area to the left is the unpowered generator section and the section to the right of the treed area is another unpowered section .  The homestead is the small treed area above the larger treed section , and you can see the driveway goes off into the distance - about 10klms to the highway .


    The section we're in is quite empty at the moment - probably a bit late in the season . You can see the walking tracks that take you to the beach zigzag it's way down the cliffs .


   This is down the south side beach , showing a dry creek bed coming out onto the beach .


  Further down the south side beach and around the next rocky headland to more isolated beaches .


  Pindan , weathered rocks & sandy beaches , this place has it all !!


    And the view of it from the water - or above it at least .


    Sunset and we're flying again , golden glow on the rocks and beach .


   You may have noticed , the tide is out and approaching low tide - big difference .


   The pindan cliffs glow nicely in the late afternoon sun .





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