Barn Hill Station

Day 127 - Barn Hill Station

Barn Hill Station

Saturday, 25 May 2013
Woke up early, had breakfast and a walk. Cleaned the van inside and then we walked down to the office and booked the new site. Left Tuka with Allan and Joanne and then drove the van to the new site. Underneath large gum trees and plenty of shade made it a much more restful site for Tuka. Did the washing and had a cuppa.

Later Allan and Peter (another camper) went fishing at the beach. Tuka and I went with Joanne (and her dog, Winston) in the 4wd to the beach as it was too steep for Tuka to walk down (the end of the steps to the beach had been washed away in a storm and the last part was now by ladder).

Down at the beach the surf was red because of the red soil washed onto the beach from the cliffs. The beach had red coloured sand. It was hot so eventually Tuka escaped to the shadows from the cliff while we waited for the Allan and Peter to catch their fill of whiting.

Back at camp I cleaned some of the red dirt off Tuka and had lunch. Did some reading while Tuka rested.

Later in the afternoon we drove down to the beach again. We walked to the northern beach over the rocks which was tough going for Tuka. The beach had white sand and eroded cliffs - quite scenic. Allan and Peter managed to catch a few whiting while Joanne, Cathy (Peter's wife) and I talked and walked. I took some photographs. On the way back I had to carry Tuka over the rocky parts.

That evening Cathy, Peter and I met at Allan and Joanne's site and we talked and had a few drinks and ate the whiting cooked in batter by Allan.

	Steps to the beach! [Map]		Tuka on the red beach [Map]
	'Sentinels' [Map]		Eroded cliffs [Map]
	Red surf [Map]