It had been a while since I had walked all the section of the coast from Bronte to La Perouse. Bob suggested this as the next stage of series of Sydney coastal walks (we had done the walk from Kurnell to Cronulla not long before). It was also oa good time for coast al walking with a good chance of seeing whales.
We met up at Bronte Beach, and then set off along the Coastal Path.
This section is nice walking on the Coastal Path, above the cliffs.
We soon reached Clovelly Bay.
Here we looked on the rock platform for dykes.
A White-faced Heron was on the beach.
We continued on, and soon arrived at Coogee.
The first part fo the walk south of Coogee is on a good boardwalk pastime hanging swamps.
The followed a boring, but short section of road walking to reach the reserve near Mistral Head north of Maroubra Beach.
Maroubra Beach is popular with surf board riders.
We were now almost in Malabar Headland National Park. I was on the lookout for raptors, and soon spotted a Nankeen Kestrel.
Near Magic Point, we saw some very distant whales –
And one of the New Holland Honeyeaters –
Bob looking for whales at Magic Point –
The concrete structure is an old WWII searchlight building.
We continued on the track towards Boora Point. on the way, a Peregrine Falcon flew past at speed.
We passed the large dyke known as Dead Mans Gulch –
Out near Boora Point, I had look for more Peregrine Falcons. I spotted one perched on the cliffs.
We left that area, and continued on to Boora Point. While we were walking one of the Peregrine Falcons flew past.
We enjoyed some nice views at Boora Point, but we still had a fair way to walk.
before we left Malabar Headland, we inspected the old munitions railway.
We then walked around Long Bay. That took us to the first of four golf courses we had to walk through. Hereis a Pied Cormorant –
next, we had to walk around Little Bay.
Around the far side we saw an orchestra setting up. Something unexpected.
Not much further along we found a nice sea cliff to have lunch on.
From there, with a little more gold course walking we continued on our way, and soon arrived at an old cemetery.
We were now in Kamay Botany Bay National Park, and close to Cape Banks.
On the way we passed more dykes.
We then walked out to Cape Banks with its interesting rock platforms.
There is also the wreck of the SS Minmi –
It was nice to see a Pipit nearby –
Before we left, we did see two more whales – but again, very distant.
While walking towards Henry Head, I could hear the distinctive trill of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo. I waited to see if it would come out of the heath for a photo. It didn’t. All I could mama was the Red Wattlebird –
The we spotted some whales actually breaching –
There were two whales, both breaching.
And now they synchronised their breaching –
Next time, they were not quite in sync –
One last bird on the walk to La Perouse, a Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo –
We had walked about 22 km along the coast. At La Perouse we caught a bus back towards the city.