Coastal Camping Day 2

The morning began with more bird photography thanks to Ella. She didn't have to try too hard with all the native wildlife around the camp area being so desensitised to humans. Several parrots took up prime position on top of our shelter! Turns out that these bright orange and green birds are Australian King Parrots.

On a recommendation from a fellow camper, we began the morning with a short walk over the headland to the next bay. I'm sure this is the real Pebbly Beach. The sound of the water cascading back into the ocean is just amazing. This little beach was not at all suitable for swimming but great for impromptu discus!

After our discus practice we had a snack while discussing the options for the rest of the morning. Our persuasion of more walking and coastal exploration fell on deaf ears. Instead we turned on our heels to return to the campground beach.

So the most of the afternoon was spent at the beach!

Katy loved jumping waves and came around to liking seaweed.

Meanwhile Ella loved boogie boarding with Andy.

And of course both girls love building sand castles....

As the sun descending into the horizon, the kangaroos emerge to feed on the lush grass and the girls extremely eager to light the our fire. The previous nights efforts on fire lighting were pretty woeful - I tried numerous times, then Andy came over to demonstrate his expertise only to really struggle. I mean we couldn't even get paper to light properly thanks to the recent rain and high humidity. Luckily our friendly next-door camper noticed our struggle and offered us a handful of firelighters insisting this was the only way we would be able to get the fire going! So we were much more prepared today with a trip to the local shop for a box of firelighters and even with these it was still a challenging task! Post dinner we enjoyed roasted marshmallows.