We say farewell to our wonderful dry cabin in the trees (Port Macquarie)
we headed north to the community of Crescent Head, then south along a gravel road to our next National Park. We were surprised to find a beachside campsite absolutely crammed with campers. It was the weekend but all our previous primitive camps had been sparsely occupied. It turned out Google Maps had the location of Melaleuca campsite wrong, a few kilometers further down the road we found our birdier campsite with only 2 other parties, deserted because it was not on the beach.
But Big Hill Beach was just across the road with a number of surfers and one family playing in the waves.
We climbed up the Big Hill loop trail starting in rainforest and climbing up to heathland at the top.
Leo hikes through the banksia forest
Closeup of Banksia flower
Lots of birds feeding on these blossoms.
Melaleuca was next to a dammed creek of cormorants and ducks.
Two great cormorants, a little pied cormorant and a dusky moorhen
A big tree full of orange fruit
was visited by many Figbirds, several olive-backed orioles and 2 stunning regent bowerbirds. Bird of the Day!
Just as night fell it started to rain, and then our tent fly ripped, but Leo was able to patch it together with a garbage bag and clothespins and we managed to get through a night of heavy rain without getting soaked.
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