Happy birthday Maree!!! Our last official day of all travelling together and it is Maree’s birthday. We eventually got away after she had taken all her birthday calls and drove back into Cape Peron National Park only this time we were heading right up to the top which meant letting the tyre pressures down – yay sand driving! The roads were actually pretty good just a few bits here and there and nothing that required low range.
The first lookout we stopped at was really pretty and Paul, Deb, Maree and various kids decided to walk to the next lookout. Matt , Mike and I along with any leftover kids drove around. Obviously we arrived first and just below the lookout were several fishing boats who were hauling in the fish but more impressively I got to see four stingrays and a shark . The walkers eventually arrived, apparently having surprisred Maree with several birthday performances along the way and we jumped in the cars and found a beach to have lunch. The Burgess’s and Wooldridges got out their fishing gear and we decided to explore the park a bit further.
After having been to Little Lagoon yesterday we thought it only fair to check out Big Lagoon – yeah looked just like Little Lagoon only bigger.
After the 25km drive off the beaten track to Big Lagoon we decided to head out of the national park and drive down to Shell Beach. As we arrived at Shell Beach we saw the most pristine white beach but when we got closer we realised it wasn’t sand but ground up shell. As we got closer to the waters edge the shells became whole – the kids (and I include Paul in this) had a great time grabbing handfuls of shells and throwing them in the air to pretend it was snowing.
We got back to the campground about the same time as the others and had just enough time to have a quick shower before going out to dinner to the local seafood bistro to celebrate Maree’s birthday. It was a bittersweet dinner knowing that our travelling time together was over but we still managed to have a brilliant time.
After dinner we headed back to camp to sing and give Maree the birthday cake Claire and I had made her but we were all too full from dinner to eat it so she is going to share it with her sister and her family tomorrow.
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