Another Day, Another Beach

While Andy was at Bega hospital awaiting diagnosis on his wrist, Rob and Blair went out for their planned long run along the Kangarutha Track. Beginning at Kianinny Bay, this coastline track heads south through the Bournda National Park to Turingal Head. It was at the southern most point of the track that Rob discovered a fantastic beach - Wallagoot Gap.

With perfect beach weather forecast for the next day it seemed an obvious choice to visit. A short drive followed by a shorter walk and we were greeted with a wonderful sheltered beach.
Wallagoot Gap is an impressive place with two gaps carved out of the steep rock walls by the force of the ocean. For us, an outgoing tide meant the water was past the first gap.

As I descended the wooden staircase, a feeling of deja vu washed over me even though the name sounded unfamiliar.  I questioned Andy and he couldn't recall anything.....oh well must have imagined it!

Set up our picnic area beneath the rock wall and proceeded to check out the waves, where we interrupted a goanna scavenging along the shoreline for food! We spent a good portion of the day there doing the usual - swimming, jumping waves, building sandcastles, boogie boarding, running races, beach combing....We also discovered a secret beach!

When I got home, I still had a nagging feeling like we'd been there before. So I trawled through our photo album and it turns out I was right! The photo below was taken seven years ago almost to the day! Andy and I (who was 6 months pregnant) had spent the Australia Day long weekend camping at Mimosa Rocks. We'd driven down to Hobart Beach then walked north past Wallagoot Gap and along the coast for another few km's!!