Hi all, another day of exploring this terrific area.
We went to visit Caves Beach today and had to do so at low tide due to the caves accessibility being blocked at high tide. The beach itself was a long and flat where the tide moves up the beach some 15-20 m from low to high.
The main claim to fame are the beach caves. The water has eroded a number of small and large caves that aren't deep but very interesting.
Some have swallows living within them. You can make your way around the bay by going through the cave to the next area. 1 area we had to time it so as not to get too wet as the tide washed through.
After exploring the caves we wandered back to do the walk on the cliff edge (not that close). It was great to get a good view of the area. We even spoke to some fisherman who were fishing from the cliff. (yes they caught a Kingfish that we saw).
We then looked up the Petrified Forest near the entrance to the Lake Macquarie , Swansea Heads. We wandered around looking for the wood, and eventually realized that it was next to us. It seems that the forest was suddenly buried long ago and is now petrified and broken up around the shoreline.
Rob did some fishing at the point while Liz read her book and took pictures of all my LARGE fish :). He did managed to catch a few brim and a leather jacket which was a first. They all went back sadly no eating fish yet!
We had a lunch there and then ventured back to the van for a quick rest then more fishing out front for a bit.
Who know what tomorrow will bring - more exploring to do.
We went to visit Caves Beach today and had to do so at low tide due to the caves accessibility being blocked at high tide. The beach itself was a long and flat where the tide moves up the beach some 15-20 m from low to high.
Some have swallows living within them. You can make your way around the bay by going through the cave to the next area. 1 area we had to time it so as not to get too wet as the tide washed through.
After exploring the caves we wandered back to do the walk on the cliff edge (not that close). It was great to get a good view of the area. We even spoke to some fisherman who were fishing from the cliff. (yes they caught a Kingfish that we saw).
We then looked up the Petrified Forest near the entrance to the Lake Macquarie , Swansea Heads. We wandered around looking for the wood, and eventually realized that it was next to us. It seems that the forest was suddenly buried long ago and is now petrified and broken up around the shoreline.
Rob did some fishing at the point while Liz read her book and took pictures of all my LARGE fish :). He did managed to catch a few brim and a leather jacket which was a first. They all went back sadly no eating fish yet!
We had a lunch there and then ventured back to the van for a quick rest then more fishing out front for a bit.
Who know what tomorrow will bring - more exploring to do.
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