Strolls of variable success

 I have developed interest in an area off East Wingan Rd which few people seem to have visited for birding purposes.  Possibly spoiling what is to follow, this may be because there are very few birds there?

Here is a rough map taken from Google Earth showing the tracks in the area.

It was somewhat of a surprise to find that Hard to Seek Track was closed off at the junction with Bralak Rd.  According to the various signs there it is closed by Forest Fire Management because of "dangerous trees": IMHO all trees are potentially dangerous.

Back to the beginning here is a view down Salvage Track.

The spiders on Salvage track seem to have been very successful in spinning webs across the track: possibly covering close to 10 m.  This one had some prey.

Another was less fortunate but higher up - probably 3m above the track.

At the low point where we turned there was one of the few significant flowers: some species of sedge.

On our way from the East Wingan Track towards Sandpatch Track we crossed this quick significant creek with a good flow in it.  Ideal Kingfisher habitat we thought but the birds were either not aware of it or concealing themselves.

A nice grass tree plain showing the residue  of the massive flowering event in the Summer of 2019-20.  No interesting birds (indeed, the word interesting is redundant) were using the spikes as lookouts.

The view down Sandpatch track, which seemed far more developed than the East Wingan Track.

One of the few birds we saw all day.  A Dusky Woodswallow.  About a dozen species were recorded but 8 of those were heard-only.

The next day we went to Bastion Point as the tide was low.  Possibly as a result of that the Surf Lifesavers had a board up at the steps mentioning a very strong rip: I suspect this was referring to the very strong flow out through the Mouth, which seemed to have driven a deep channel to the ocean, judging by the lack of beakers at one area.  Certainly a large diver's catamaran navigated the bar with little difficulty.

There weren't a lot of species around (I suspect most of the waders are up at the Goodwin Sands.  We did see a family of Red-necked Stints including this rather young, and very leggy, chick.

A male Eastern Curlew.  The bill length says male: I am not sure what the very large eye says!

I could only see Crested Terns and Silver Gulls in this bunch

... until some Bar-tailed Godwits joined them.

A beetle was crawling up the beach.  A member of iNaturalist has labelled as a member of the Genus Leptopius (which agrees with images in Beetles of Australia) but I haven't been able to get it to species yet.

Lots of small shells were visible past the breakwater but I haven't yet tried to ID them!