Bicheno Coastline

Tuesday 20 January 2015

We walked along Bicheno’s Foreshore Footway and Drew found wild blackberries growing beside the path – some were very tart, but those that were sweet were delicious.  From here we went to a point where we could see Governor Island Marine Reserve and could see hundreds, or possibly thousands, of Crested Terns, who use the island as a rookery.  We also saw a seal (or maybe a sea lion) on top of nearby Alligator Rock.  We continued along the path to the Blow Hole which was very active due to today’s rough and windy weather.  We walked up to the top of Whaler’s Lookout, where in the past someone would watch for passing whales to alert the whale boats to commence the chase.  On the way back to our accommodation we stopped off at a playground for Hayden to have a play.

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Unfortunately the windy weather meant that our kayaking trip with Freycinet Paddles was cancelled – this way very disappointing as this had been one of the key things I had wished to do in Bicheno – something to do next time!  We also could not do the glass bottomed boat tour of Governor Island Marine Reserve due to the weather.

 Instead, we drove to the lighthouse at Cape Tourville – the view was great – it would have been even better if we could have climbed the lighthouse.  I took some photos of Wineglass Bay and the mountains beyond – Mt Freycinet and Mt Graham.  The mood of the sky and view was such a contrast to yesterday.  Once again we were lucky enough to have beautiful weather yesterday for one of our key walks.  Today has really been the first day of this holiday where the weather has prevented us doing something we had planned – we certainly can’t complain.

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