Myall Lakes NP
By the time we got to the Myall Lakes National Park we were absolutely gagging to be bush camping again. It has gotten so that the slightest whiff of ‘town’ makes us want to head for the bush again as fast as Elsie will take us.
Myall Lakes was a good spot. We camped at Mungo Brush which is basically a little spit of land between a lake and the ocean. So we had fabulous lakeside views for our campsite, and a beach just over the road that we could drive onto in search of the best place to surf or fish.
So for a few days that is all that we did – surf or drive up & down the beach looking for surf, wander around the bush, row the tinnie out onto the lake in search of fish. And heard and saw the first dingoes of the trip!
We left Mungo Brush to check out the northern end of the Myall Lakes NP at a place called Seal Rocks, close to a famous surf spot called Treachery Head. Seal Rocks is a delightful spot, just a caravan park and a few houses. The Mark Warren Surfing Atlas of Australia, currently an important reference, tells us that developers have been eyeing off Seal Rocks for ages but so far it has remained pretty unspoilt.
There wasn’t a lot of surf out at Treachery and it was blowing a gale and we drove back through Seal Rocks, with the intention of leaving, I (Nic) noticed that the little sheltered surf break looked like my kind of wave (i.e. small and tame!) We ummed and ahhhed about staying/going and then decided to drive off, and then I changed my mind. So we tossed a coin, and it came up heads (to stay) three times. And I did have a great surf.
But the next morning after it had rained ALL night and the rain showed no sign of abating, we were wondering about the wisdom of staying. We waited hours for a break in the rain long enough for us to finish our packing up process.
Luckily four middle aged blokes on a surfing trip, camping right near us, took us in while we waited for the rain to ease up and gave us a cup of tea and a homemade Anzac biscuit and lots of tips about surf spots and camping spots right up the coast.
Myall Lakes was a good spot. We camped at Mungo Brush which is basically a little spit of land between a lake and the ocean. So we had fabulous lakeside views for our campsite, and a beach just over the road that we could drive onto in search of the best place to surf or fish.
So for a few days that is all that we did – surf or drive up & down the beach looking for surf, wander around the bush, row the tinnie out onto the lake in search of fish. And heard and saw the first dingoes of the trip!
We left Mungo Brush to check out the northern end of the Myall Lakes NP at a place called Seal Rocks, close to a famous surf spot called Treachery Head. Seal Rocks is a delightful spot, just a caravan park and a few houses. The Mark Warren Surfing Atlas of Australia, currently an important reference, tells us that developers have been eyeing off Seal Rocks for ages but so far it has remained pretty unspoilt.
There wasn’t a lot of surf out at Treachery and it was blowing a gale and we drove back through Seal Rocks, with the intention of leaving, I (Nic) noticed that the little sheltered surf break looked like my kind of wave (i.e. small and tame!) We ummed and ahhhed about staying/going and then decided to drive off, and then I changed my mind. So we tossed a coin, and it came up heads (to stay) three times. And I did have a great surf.
But the next morning after it had rained ALL night and the rain showed no sign of abating, we were wondering about the wisdom of staying. We waited hours for a break in the rain long enough for us to finish our packing up process.
Luckily four middle aged blokes on a surfing trip, camping right near us, took us in while we waited for the rain to ease up and gave us a cup of tea and a homemade Anzac biscuit and lots of tips about surf spots and camping spots right up the coast.
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