Judy & Brian Tour Oz

Two snaps from yesterday: Kookaburras in the van park Concrete whale which may have once been a tacky shop selling crystals Now just a couple of snaps from my early morning walk which was a 2.3km circuit of The Bluff, a volcanic plug doubling as a headland. Mulambin Beach and the Causeway Lake. That hillock is another volcanic plug Mulambin Beach, Kinka Beach Kemp Beach, Keppel Marina right behind it and Yeppoon in the distance on the left. Ritamata lookout from The Bluff Back out to the islands from the Bluff Kemp Beach

A couple of snaps from around Kinka Beach, using the early morning light One of the Keppel Islands, from the headland, Kinka Beach High tide mark at the headland, Kinka Beach Have no idea what kind of bird this little guy is Rocks at the headland, Kinka Beach Rocks at the headland, Kinka Beach Our caravan park is on the other side of the swampy scrub Kinka Beach - low tide Kinka Beach We think it's a Sacred Kingfisher

Kinky Beach? Well, no not really. We are on the coast right opposite the Keppel Islands and as is the case all the way up the coast from here, there is no surf beach, just tidal mudflats that stretch out almost to the island. On my first visit I walked out of the park, across the road to where the sign proclaims "Beach Access" and followed the path. This led me straight into a mangrove swamp, which I then had to walk around, still following a sort of path. Then you get to the other side and you are faced with a traverse of some low sand dunes covered in all kinds of creepers and vines and things, and then you get to the .... mud flats! There were fresh footprints so i felt safe enough to follow them along and find an easier access, which i did eventually, through a mangrove swamp that was dry because it was low tide. Oh well, just have to find another beach, there seems to be an endless supply of them up and down the coast from here. There are some towns near here, on...