Flower of the day:Very few contenders. Camellias win as they are both evident and unexpected here.
Council behaviour of the day: Stretching the definition of 'Council' to include State Forests, their effort in setting up the Old Bottlebutt facility in Burrawan State Forest was an excellent example of encouraging good use of a forest. Yest they are trying to counter änti-logging, but they are doing it well.
On to the details of the day. We had a good night's sleep and din't emerge from the cot until after 7am. It was still only 5<sup>>o</sup>C so it took some time to drink the coffee and head off for a walk. This was to Nobby's Beach, an off leash area. Dog's were off leash everywhere.
The first incident was when Tammy (still on leash) was charged by a small poodle that leapt over her. Then we encountered a 15 week old Border Collie that wanted to play. Tammy displayed great speed in outrunning the pup and also a lot of agility in dodging it. Then she got fed up and just headed off, leading me to sprint after her with a lot of yelling.
WE then extended the walk along the Kenny Walk to the next beach South. En route we passed a couple of rock fishermen who seemed unfamiliar with the term "risk assessment " but seemed likely to learn about the word "drowning" if a big swell came in.
We returned from whence we had come passing this boulder of serpentenite ..
.. on our way to Flynns Beach crossing over a headland. On arrival we were greeted with a canophobia sign which we ignored (as we didn't want to backtrack several hundred metres) and thus back to the camp.
Our expedition for the day was directed South and then West. Still within the urban area we looked down on Lighthouse Beach, which Frances visited in the evening, and reported was as nice as it looks.
After a couple of stops to check birds we arrived at Laurieton, named after the original developed. The War Memorials there were set in a park and covered a lot of the area. This, featuring a woman with a wreath rather than a digger, was the main one.
Several of the trees were decorated with crosses. These three were honouring three men who died in Afghanistan. I can find no connection between them and Laurieton, but that is not a problem for the honours. (The woven poppies are the second lot I have seen, the first were in Broken Hill.)
This commemorates a member of the Laurie family who died at Messines in WW1.
A smaller memorial at Kew. Evidence of the forestry-town nature of the place is the axe mounted behind it.
The small town of Kendall is next to Kew (and judging by the real estate activity between them they will soon merge). The town is named after Henry Kendall whose plaque refers to him in large font as a poet. Smaller font shows he was the first Forest Inspector for NSW (and the memorial was assisted - presumably financially - by State Forests).
The Kendall Memorial was now the CWA Hall, and only open once a month. Who knows what is inside?
After leaving Kendall we headed towards Wauchope, up the Bago road. This ran beside the Burrawan State Forest which was pet friendly and advertised "Old Bottlebutt". This looked interesting so we headed off and found ourselves at a 600m walking trail. We did the loop anti-clockwise and encountered a forest of what I take to be Livingsonia australis palms.
Then we got to Old Bottlebutt a huge Corymbiya gummifera. This is the top.
Here is the bottle-shaped butt, about 16m around. It seems no one knows what causes these engorged bases, but it is 'natural'.
On getting to Wauchope - a timber town. We soon found the War Memorial.
I rather liked this Koalart - part of the Koala Art trail around the area.
As we got into Port Macquaruie, and having some time on hand we - or rather I - swung into the Little Brewing Company, rated highly in a book I read. This is the entrance to the premises, with their awards on the wall.
I passed on the tasting as I wanted to go for a run (but was impressed that the charges they levied went to cover the tax they had to pay on them and then to the Koala Hospital.) They had a Koala Art in Panda colours outside! 8 bottles were purchased - consumption reports to follow, possibly on return home as they start at 5.2 ABV and go up.
On return to the campsite we found Natures go at Koala Art in a tree almost above our site.
It was very active: this was the first time I have ever seen a Koala jump from one branch to another
On to the details of the day. We had a good night's sleep and din't emerge from the cot until after 7am. It was still only 5<sup>>o</sup>C so it took some time to drink the coffee and head off for a walk. This was to Nobby's Beach, an off leash area. Dog's were off leash everywhere.
WE then extended the walk along the Kenny Walk to the next beach South. En route we passed a couple of rock fishermen who seemed unfamiliar with the term "risk assessment " but seemed likely to learn about the word "drowning" if a big swell came in.
Our expedition for the day was directed South and then West. Still within the urban area we looked down on Lighthouse Beach, which Frances visited in the evening, and reported was as nice as it looks.
I passed on the tasting as I wanted to go for a run (but was impressed that the charges they levied went to cover the tax they had to pay on them and then to the Koala Hospital.) They had a Koala Art in Panda colours outside! 8 bottles were purchased - consumption reports to follow, possibly on return home as they start at 5.2 ABV and go up.
On return to the campsite we found Natures go at Koala Art in a tree almost above our site.
Our border collie likes Nobby's Beach - she says Tammy sounds impressive taking on that 15 month old border collie!
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