Little Marley – Royal NP

30 December, 2009

Another wonderful afternoon and another wonderful bushwalk.

This walk, being very familiar to myself, began at a solid pace, passed by the waterhole feeding into the inlet below and upwards to the cliffline. Unlike last time we barely stopped at the cliffs to look, instead preferring to walk on to new territory previously unvisited by Michael.

My concerns were allayed about having left our walk until too late in the day as we realised there was still a bit of heat in the sun, but we had missed the worst of it by choosing to walk mid to late afternoon.

Little Marley from the Cliffline

On arriving at the cliffs overlooking Little Marley we were met by an exquisite view of the blue ocean meeting the blue sky on the backdrop of more cliffline beyond. Inspired by this walk we have decided that we would both like to walk the length of the coastline, but over two days and in perhaps a rather unorthodox fashion. We will see how this goes starting (we hope) next Wednesday!

We covered the walk at quite a pace, but I decided that I would like to make a special effort to attempt to look at the bush I walked through and not always at my feet… not an easy thing to do but very rewarding!

The cooling swim in the inlet at Wattamolla in the late afternoon was beautifully refreshing and relaxing. What a fantastic way to spend our second Wednesday of the holidays.

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