Quarry to Pebbly and Back

On 26 October we decided to walk from Quarry Beach to Pebbly Beach and back.  We found that the tide was well out at Quarry Beach ...

 .. but still decided to walk along the clifftop track rather than risking not being able to get round all the headlands.  Looking back from Secret Beach we concluded that we could have made it on the lower route.

The first kilometre was not that exciting with the dense canopy of Melaleuca armillaris preventing anything else from growing under it.  However when close to the path down to Secret Beach many pink finger orchids began to appear.  I believe that most of these were Caladenia fuscata  rather than C. carnea.

 On the way back we stopped at the lookout to the East of Secret Beach and noticed some big splashes in the water about 1km offshore.  A humped back was soon evident -

  and the occasional fin.

 Then a broach!

Not the greatest photo of a Humpbacked Whale but is does as a record.  My guess from where the bits and pieces of mammal appeared is that there were about 6 in the pod.