Tuesday 3 January 2012

Rainforest, marine wetlands & beach



Breakfast & a chat with a couple of locals, then on to another walk in the rainforest to Cyathea Falls & Tarra Falls. A spectacular drive up there with views over the ridge. Cool in the shade of the forest, the plants are lush.
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We travelled on down the valley & south to Port Albert, a pristine little harbour that had been the gateway to Eastern Australia in the mid to late 1800's. 

The area that runs east from here is Nooramunga Marine & Coastal Park, vast expanses of marine wetlands & mud flats where thousands of migratory birds come in late spring to feed & breed before their epic migration to Russia, Siberia & Canada.




We saw white faced herons, great egret, australian white ibis, comorants & pelicans.


We ended the day on Woodside Beach the start of  a 90 mile beach that stretches up to Lake's Entrance where we're headed tomorrow.

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