Tuesday 29/11/2022 Beachcomber Caravan Park – Blackfellows Point Road – Ness Track South – Tuross River – South Tuross Beach
Eurobodalla National Park, NSW
Yuin Country
Participant: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report)
I headed out alone for a short walk before we were to pack up and leave to drive further north today. Just out of the caravan park, there is a vehicular track called Blackfellows Point Road, which heads up to the top of a ridge and follows it towards the west. I wasn’t far along here when I encountered a couple of Red-necked Wallabies, one with numerous ticks on its face! Perhaps I should try to avoid brushing against vegetation today.
Max elevation: 23 m
Total climbing: 228 m
Total descent: -247 m
Average speed: 5.41 km/h
Total time: 01:41:17
Tick infested Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) on Blackfellows Point Road
For the next couple of kilometres, I walked amongst a tall, densely packed forest. About one kilometre along Blackfellows Point Road I turned right onto Ness Track South and headed north to the Tuross River. From the muddy foreshore, it is over 1km of open water to Tuross Head. Just back from the foreshore was enough room to turn a car around and a flat spot where it looked like people had camped. Following the foreshore east along the track I encountered a second “campsite” before continuing further to the end of the track. From here you could walk through the bush back to the Beachcomber Caravan Park but I decided to walk east across the wide, vegetated sand spit to South Tuross Beach. The sand spit was pretty open with a good ground cover of grasses, very low shrubs and the occasional small tree.
I headed north along the beach to the end, here, on the sand flats, there is a protected nesting and foraging area. The signs located there suggested there were Pied Oyster catchers, Little Terns, Hooded Plovers and Red-capped Plovers in the area. With my 500mm lens, I was able to some photos from a safe distance.
There was more exercise than scenic variation on the walk back along the beach to the caravan park.
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) at Potato Creek
After we left we stopped again at Potato Creek to check in again with the Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) couple who had three chicks in their nest. Following a short period of boisterous protests and warning posturing from the parents I wrapped up my photo shot and off we went. I know the birds would have been very happy about our departure.
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