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27 July 2024 – Booderee NP

The weather was supposed to be sunny today , and if as warm as yesterday, I was hoping for some tanning ! 
 
This wasn’t going to be the case with and overcast and just slightly rainy start. So I went with walking the 5km Murray Trail first off. 
 
Starts through forest where there were a few cool birds to see and then along the coast – where the rain clouds gathered across the ocean .
 
Great views of some cliff caves towards the end of the hike and then I spotted a gorges little wild orchid. From what I’ve gathered it belongs to the spider orchid family .
The sun appeared and so I headed to the beach for my tanning. There was no one at Iluka Beach- bonus. Though after 1 hr of chill winds I gave up and did a drive to some other points of interest in the park !
 
My first stop was at St George Lighthouse. This lighthouse had some interesting history in that it was blown up to be destroyed as it was considered ineffective . It was made of sandstone and thus the sunlight reflected off it in the day and during full moon,the reflection also posed a problem .
Also, many horrid deaths were described on the info board. From both shipwrecks and people living at lighthouse. 
 
The few of us that were there also spotted quiet a few whales – though they were a little far away. 
 
Next stop was Moe’s Rock and Stoney Creek. Short and sweet though,and the whales couldn’t be spotted again – unfortunately.