Bruny Island was so good yesterday that we decided to go back today and attempt the Queen Elizabeth Cape walk - a day walk of 12kms along the beach and up to the cape atthe end. After going along a track through the scrub, and past a big lagoon and a small lagoon (both empty because of the drought), we finally came to the track toward the beach. This path can only be taken at low tide because the rocky bluff extends three fingers out towards the bay, and two of them can’t be walked past at higher tides. The beach is near the neck, so it was the one we were on early yesterday, and looks much the same.
You then find a hole in the rocks and walk through it.
The rocky fingers of the bluff are eroded.
The last part of the rocky fingers is an arch.
We walked to the end of the last beach then went up to the cape.
On the way we saw a Bassian Thrush.
We walked back to the beach, then went back over the bluff as the tide was too high. At the beach we saw some giant kelp that had broken off.
As we went back, we met several people who had given up on the walk because it was too difficult. We were very pleased with ourselves.
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