Our friends John and Bec had their baby on Monday morning. Isaac John was born 8lb 3oz and healthy. We went to see them at the hospital for a few hours on Wednesday evening. Here are a couple of photos…..
He’s a cute little thing, isn’t he!
We had more visitors last week: Jayne’s Auntie Heather and Uncle Colin from Wynyard in Tassie arrived on Tuesday at the end of a 7,500km driving trip up the east coast. Jayne and I couldn’t spend much time with them during the week, and they went for a day trip to Bendigo, Ballarat and Daylesford on the Saturday, but we enjoyed spending time with them in the evenings and on Sunday.
We decided to do a bit more of the Surf Coast Walk on Sunday morning - the Bells Beach to Point Addis section. I thought it would be a great morning to do it, as there was a bit of a sea breeze blowing, the swell was up and the cliffs would be spectacular.
We set off just after 11am from the Southside car park, which is where Jayne and I walked to from Bells a few weeks ago. The path tracked inland a bit at first and was surprisingly narrow and poorly-maintained, compared to the other sections that we’ve walked, but we kept going, expecting to round a bend and see an amazing bay or clifftop at any moment.
Strangely, clifftops and bays and well-maintained tracks were not forthcoming. The track wound its way inland through a big ironbark forest, away from the cliffs (and the seabreeze) and down (and up) some steep gullies. After about 45 minutes we passed a couple of mountain bikers who told us that another 20 mins walk would see us at the top of the Point Addis Road. I knew that was at least 2km from the steps down to the beach, and as we had no water, no food and it was bloody hot we decided to turn back! We probably could have made it and then walked the return along the beach but we didn’t want to push our luck without water.
It was still a beautiful walk, and Jayne and I will have another crack at it one day to finish it, but it surprised us by being so different from the other sections we’ve walked. It was bushwalking as opposed to cliff/beach walking.
A few pics ….. some from my cameraphone and some from Colin’s flashy camera.
It was great to spend some time with them at the end of their driving trip!