Sue picked me up today and we went to Belmont Lagoon:
This is a lagoon nestled between Lake Macquarie and the ocean, which has a rich history from ancient times (aboriginal heritage describes the lagoon as being formed from the tears of the weeping moon) through the late 1880s (when the area was heavily mined) and into WW2 (when an antitank wall allowed seawater to enter the previously freshwater lagoon). Now the area is mostly wild, and today it was very quiet and as you can see the water was still. We saw crabs and little fish in the waters, but no other wildlife.
We then headed over to Caves Beach for a bit if spelunking! Sue had planned well, and the tide was out so were able to enter all the scary caves…
…from which we thankfully emerged unscathed 😉
As you can see the weather was lovely today, and writing this several hours later I think I may have even got a bit sunburned.
We also had a quick stop at Redhead beach. This is a location where I almost perished many times as a child, tossed and turned by the merciless waves and attacked by wild jellyfish and rabid dogs. Australia in the 70s and 80s knew how to turn boys into men!
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