Hiking to Wineglass Bay.

Note to the detail nuts: 

This hike was on November 10, but I'm just getting it posted now - Harold

Our camp site was near Richardsons Beach, at the Freycinet (fray-zi-na) National Park.  It was a sweet site, with electricity, water, and beach access, but there were only cold water showers...

We got an early start for the hike over the Hazards (a set of rosy granite hills) to Wineglass Bay.  It's about five miles round trip to get down to the beach, and it turned out the Wineglass beach is a mile long.

The trail is well-constructed, with many great stone steps and fantastic views.

The hills can be exhausting.

OK, this is a picture to show the great bench.....

Shade is where you find it.

This lounger was built as a project by several students in an architecture course.  It was comfortable!

Our first view of Wineglass Bay, from an overlook platform.  It was a rather gray day, so paradise was a bit understated.  The sky gradually brightened up during the day.

Once on the beach, we knew we had to walk to the other end.

The fact that the only facilities were down there had little to do with it......

The bony "shell" of a large cuttlefish (like a squid).

I remember when we used to put these in the birdcage, for the parakeets to sharpen their beaks on.

The anchor nook at the far end of the beach.  This was also the best swimming spot.

This wallaby joey and his mama were feeding just above the beach.  We never got tired of watching them.

Gosh, what a shame we didn't have more company...

Sue's artistic talents are barely suppressed, and just pop up unexpectantly.

At a nice geocache on the end of the beach, we released this new Travel Bug, "Heading Back to the Kenai".  It is a rowing medal from the Head of the Kenai regatta in Cooper Landing.  We gave it a "mission" to visit caches near water activity areas, and to someday return to Alaska.

On the return trip, we decided to take the same trail over the pass.  There is a longer trail available, around the west end of the Hazards, but that Sue, she just can't get enough hill climbing.

It was a great day in the Park !