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A walk or two.


Hi lovelies,

Another gorgeous day here.  

This morning we did our civic duty and voted.  Saves the long line on Saturday. 

We then ventured up the coast just a little do the first of 2 walks we had planned for the day.  

 
The first walk was the Ken and Audrey Owens Walk to Redhead Beach.  It was along a boardwalk and was quite lovely.

We could hear lots and lots of birds, but did not see to many.


 These “Dalek” style structures were along the walk.  Anyone know what they are for?



The walk runs through the back of the dunes along the coast line and then finishes at Redhead Beach.

 


The beach was nice, and the cliff at the northern end was quite stunning.  Anyone else see a craggy old man, much like Gargamel from the Smurfs.



 
From there we walked back to our car, and then travelled to the Belmont end of the Fernleigh Track.  Little did we know this was on the same street where we had voted earlier.

The Fernleigh Track is an old railway track that goes from Belmont to Adamstown. 


The track is 15km long and not a circuit, so that is a 30km walk.  We thought just a small part would do us today. 


 The path is paved and while walking and we met a number of other walkers and bike riders. 


Again the birds were very vocal, and this time we were fortunate to catch glimpse of this little one.


One of the funny things was that the fence line along the track is adjusted to keep the trees outside the track path.





There was a bit of a debate over what was living in this structure up in a tree.   


 It was then off to the supermarket to grab sustenance for the week and back to the van.


Robbie had an afternoon nap and I caught up on some letter writing.
All for now lovelies

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