Saturday 21st May 2011
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| South Cape Bay |
To reach the walk start, drive down to Cockle Creek and park just on the other side of Cockle Creek bridge. The walk started just beside the creek and consisted of part walking track and part duckboards all the way to South Cape Bay. It was basically what I would call flat to South Cape Bay. I could hear the waves long before I arrived at the beach.
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| South Cape Bay |
I descended to the beach on the stairs and walked along the beach towards Lion Rock.
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| Lion Rock |
To continue on to South Cape Rivulet one has the option of either of two ways. The first path is via the rocks between Lion Rock and the mainland, but that is only safe if the tide is not in and the waves are not high. The other option is on a path up and over Coal Bluff. I chose the latter option. The path turned off just before Lion Rock and climbed reasonably steeply up the bluff. It was very muddy and I had to continually dodge mud puddles.
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| Looking West from Coal Bluff |
The track descended to the beach before going inland to cross the headland in the above photo and then back on to the beach and along to South Cape Rivulet. I found a nice sheltered spot for lunch and settled down.
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| South Cape Rivulet |
After lunch I retraced my steps back to the car, once again going over Coal Bluff via the inland route.
This is a lovely walk and it is worth walking the extra distance to the rivulet for the good views at Coal Bluff.
Distance: 23.1 kms.
Time: 6'45"
Ascent: 595 metres
Click here to download GPX track.
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| South Cape Bay |
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| South Cape Bay |
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| South Cape Rivulet |
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| South Cape Rivulet Beach |
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| South Cape Rivulet Beach |
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| Coal Bluff Track |
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| South Cape Beach access |
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