Currarong

With Monday being another public holiday, we stayed local, walking at Crookhaven Heads. A storm out at sea failed to make landfall so we stayed dry and the day turned sunny and windy (again). Further up the Crookhaven river is Orient Point where we had a wander looking over the mangrove lined inlets. In the evening we snapped the sunset over Lake Wollumboola.

Next day we took the route South to Currarong village, parking by a beautiful little bay, with shade and impressive rock overhangs. The walking trails took us first to Mermaid Bay, approached via a very narrow path cut into the cliff and like many routes on the Perpendicular Peninsula, terminating in a vertical drop to the sea below! Next stop was Lobster Bay, our own private beach. Then on to Honeysuckle Point, another tiny beach and then Wreck Bay and the remains of the SS Merimbula (1928) which floundered on the rocks but everyone made it ok. Our plans to spend the rest of the day on the white sands of Jervis Bay were also scuppered when the gate guard informed us (Beecroft Peninsula is a navy range) they are shut until Friday. No worries, we plonked down on the sands overlooking Crookhaven Bight for the afternoon.