After another chat with Gary and Ingrid at breakfast – we headed off at about 9am. I was off to Limeburners Creek NP. I went North, via Kempsey and stopped by and had a walk around many lookouts and beaches before arriving at Point Plomer camp site.
It is a very large campsite- no camp allocations – you just pitch your set up wherever you find space. It was very busy- not my ideal national park experience- but each to their own.
As I spoke to several people I noted that this was very popular with the locals- all within 100km.
As I walked up to Point Plomer Lookout I was warned by a fisherman that I would be walking past a snake in approx. 50m on my left. I thanked him for the heads up and came across the snake as it began to cross the path. I was relieved that it was fairly small and luckily sluggish -it should after all be sleeping.
Walking further down the path there were many birds . i sat down on the bench and had a whale fully breach twice – directly in front of me- though a bit far away.
My attention was then drawn away by the fish eagles that were gliding on the currents in the gap.
It was getting cool- so I headed back to camp to get dressed a bit warmer, then went to the beach again (1min walk) to see 4 x grey nurse sharks in the shallows- right where the waves were breaking!
So many superb species- all in one day! WOW!
As I sat in the dark, on the bench, a fisherman came to clean his catch. I approached him to ask what he caught- Taylor. We chatted a bit and I got an invite to dinner- or fish starter at least:) . I gladly accepted and joined Nicky and Mick -high school friends away for the weekend- at their camp fire for dinner, chats and laughs. I went to sleep at 11pm!!