After
completing a few jobs around the van we decided to go into the centre of town
to do the Kooloonbung Creek Walk. The Creek walk took us through a wide variety
of different ecosystems and we kept our eyes open for wild-life. We noticed
quite a few sugar gliders in the trees near the cemetery, yesterday but most of
the fauna must have been hiding today. Rob has a funny story about a “blind” man
we saw crossing the road and joining the walk just ahead of us but I’ll let him
tell the story. After our walk we decided it was time for lunch and headed to the
Sea Acres National Park to have lunch at the rainforest centre and café. The café
was set in a beautiful rainforest….funny about that and we enjoyed a light
lunch outside on the deck although we were joined by a rather large, friendly
bird who had to be shooed away several times. Following lunch we drove the
centre of town where I visited the Historic old Courthouse while Rob went
walking. We then hopped in the car and took the ferry over to the other side of
the Hastings River to view the outlet from a different perspective.
Dinner was
had at the local rugby club, Port Panthers. During the day there was a noticeable
bushfire on the outer town area. With the wind gone, smoke descended on the
town after dark, see photo.
Parking the
car on a main road this morning for our walk I noticed a man with a blind cane
walking along footpath. He went to cross the main road, cars pulled up to let
him cross. He worked his way up a path near us, then cut the corner and walked
down a steep slope!! Seconds later he placed his cane over his shoulder and happily
walked through the park. See videos.
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