K’Gari: Kingfisher Bay Resort Part 2
You can read part 1 here.
Monday we started our day walking south from the resort following the McKenzie’s Jetty High tide route. This track goes up and over the headland through the bush, passing the Southern Great Sandy Lookout and out through the dingo fence to the beach. We also passed through what was left of the old Commando School.
McKenzie’s Jetty was built for the logging trade and some of the pylons and rusted machinery are still on the beach.
We also saw lots of dingo tracks on this section of the beach.
Along the beach were expanses of “coffee rock,” made up of sand grains weakly cemented by plant matter. It is very soft. The sticks we carried to ward off dingoes poked straight into the surface. This section had the remains of a tree in it.
In the afternoon we lazed around. I spent a little bit of time relaxing by the pool and then we headed to the Sunset Bar for our last sunset on the island. It didn’t disappoint.
After some dinner, we joined the ranger-led night walk. We saw an eel, trapdoor spiders (without any trapdoors because there’s no mud on the island), and a tiny green frog, the size of my fingernail. The number of big, ugly spiders along the resort walkways was a bit off-putting.
8 Comments
Elisabeth
GORGEOUS pictures!!!
Melissa
Thanks!
San
You’ve taken some great pictures, esp. that fiery sky! Wow!
Melissa
Thanks … yes that sky was very special.
J
Beautiful pictures, it looks like you had a wonderful time!
Melissa
Yes, it was really relaxing and so beautiful
Tobia | craftaliciousme
What a sunset. Amazing colors.
Melissa
Yes, it was unbelievable.