Judy & Brian Tour Oz

More walks, more swims more coffee and a delightful lunch at The Tree hotel at 1770. After lunch we went up to the lookout, known as Round Hill where we looked out; first The Waves, then the Bay. On my morning walk up along the beach I came across a small Pagoda on the top of the sound cliff, and under it the remains of a boardwalk, both victims to the big storms a few years ago. Naturally, I had no camera with me at the time, so i had to go back later and get some snaps. I had taken some bearings and on the third walk in to the beach from the road I found the right spot. The pagoda thing must have been part of a big sales promotion for the sand-dune subdivision housing development as they had a few of them, and an avenue of sad looking palms and ferns.  Actually, on the first walk in, probably 500m, we were surprised to be walking through quite thick rainforest, home to a flock of butterflies. Anyhow, your snaps are here: Rain Forest type vegetation right next to the beach...

Slid up the road to Agnes Waters, which is a tiny coastal town right next to a few houses next to where Lieutenant James Cook landed on May 24 1770, called 1770. Cook and his mates thought it would be a lark to take another look at Terra Australis before they set sail for Olde Englande. So they pulled in, rowed ashore and clambered to the top of the hill and had a look around. Actually, they were just filling in time while the tars filled the freshwater barrels for the upcoming journey.Cook named the place Bustard Bay after the meal of baked bustard they enjoyed, today we call it 1770 after his visit. Our van park is right on the beach at Agnes Waters, i even went for a swim or two. the water is just about right temperature wise, the waves not big, just my speed really. later on we went around to 1770 and had a drink in Cook's honour at The Tree hotel, right on the edge of the bay. Here's a snap or 2 from the bar: Is that the Endeavour parked over there, the one wit...