There’s a marina, Kepple Bay, just up the road which will be a handy break when we travel up the coast.  Nice and deep and good restaurant.  Miles from any shops though.  We walked along the coast and around Bluff Point, a headland that overlooks Kepple Bay and various beaches.  It was supposed to be very steep in one direction so we did the gentle climb, steep descent, except it wasn’t, steep I mean.  Well it was, but it wasn’t as steep as the sign made out.  Bluff Point is old volcanic core.  This is view south.  You can see the way the waves are curled into the bay.

Paul on the footpath.

View to the north, marina is tucked in behind the headland called, originally called Double Head.

Double Head is also volcanic rock.  The lava formed annular columns as it cooled, you can just make out the columns in this picture taken from the marina.  According to Paul annular rings are round – get it?

Not sure what tree this is, but has great bark and very smooth patches. 

Bluff Rock, there are several island in the background the biggest being North Kepple Island.  Unfortunately very hazy so not very clear.  These are sedimentary islands which started life as eroded sediments on the seafloor, subsequently compressed and uplifted.

Looking east, you can see the resuspended sediment in the foreground.  We also spotted green turtles in the water but too far away to see in photograph.

Not berries but galls.

Termites build nests in the trees here.

Entrance to Kepple Bay Marina.

At last, a picture of a soaring bird of prey.