We visited Lincoln National Park, which surprised us by being so remote while only a few kilometres outside of town. Much of the park was inaccessible due to poor roads which was a bit shocking considering the state of the good roads. At one point, we were greeted by a sign that read "road ends in 500m", then "road ends in 250m". Needless to say, we were more than a little curious to find out why the road ended - was there a reason why it needed to end and if so what would it be? Well, as we came over a very small rise, we indeed came to the end of the road - literally and figuratively. We found ourselves upon the end of Australia and the start of the open Southern Ocean - with rugged rocks and crashing waves rivalling the roughest of BC's coastline. It was spectacular and the picture doesn't even come close to doing the scenery justice.We then carried on to the other side of the park and found a secluded beach - we were the only ones on it. The girls were in their glory looking for shells.
The day we left ,we stopped at a wildlife park to feed some beasties. I must add in here that 5 weeks into this trip, we have yet to see a kangaroo outside of a park...except of course prone by the side of the road. The birds were amazing, flocking all around us and landing on our heads and in our laps, under our feet. Elise's experience with the magpie goose a few weeks back made her keep her distance from the birds - I don't blame her because they nipped when the food didn't come fast enough. Unfortunately, my camera batteries ran out before I could snap any more pictures and I missed capturing one of the funniest sights yet...a big wombat fast asleep on its back with its stubby little piggy legs straight up in the air. I thought is was dead until it scratched it's little wombat parts with its stubby piggy foot.
Til next time...
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