19 February 2024 (Day 2) 16 -20 degrees
https://www.greatoceanwalk.info/
https://www.thegreatoceanwalk.com/official-sections/
During the night when we I woke I
thought it was raining, but it was the sound of wind high in the beautiful
trees. We also heard lots of wildlife
including koalas during the night. This morning we spotted a koala high in a
tree above the campground.
https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/sites/great-ocean-walk---elliot-ridge-hike-in-campsites
https://www.greatoceanwalk.info/blanket-bay-to-parker-inlet-hike/
Today’s walk was on fire trails through tall Mountain Ash forest with varying other foliage. This track would be very hard going in wet conditions as it would turn to a gluey mud. When approaching the Blanket Bay Campground it is quite a steep descent. We saw and heard lots of small birds toward the end of today’s walk. One with red around the eyes and red on underside of tail feathers, smaller and finer than a wren, miniature parrot like bird in lime green/yellow, “Silvereye “and a small blue and redparrot.
This campground is pretty, however the individual sites are less well defined than at Elliot River Campground.
We spent the afternoon exploring the area - the herth from the lighthouse storage shed, the amazing rock formations and rock pools.
It was great to see Blanket Bay all the way from low tide to high tide and how it changed.
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| Low Tide in the middle of the day |
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| High Tide at Sunset |
We explored the neighbouring drive in campground, the two sites closest to the beach and the picnic shelter look lovely. Late in the afternoon we were joined by a group of year 9 boys doing their Outdoor Ed this week. The were very hyped when they arrived but settled down pretty well.
We watched the sunset over the
ocean. Unfortunately there was too much
cloud cover to produce any stunning colour.
Statistics
Distance 12.33km
Time 3
hours 35 minutes
Ascent 232m
Descent 377m
Temperatures 16.2 – 20.1 degrees Celcius
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