In the end, our walks didn't eventuate quite the way we planned but we managed to see a lot of this amazing coastline today in any case. ......
Prevelly is where the Margaret River meets the sea - and it's also the location of the iconic Surfers Point - the number one surfing spot in the region and where the Margaret River Pro Tournament is staged every year - definitely for experienced surfers only!
Rob asked this guy how he was going to get out to the wave break and he said: "just go out through the keyhole and follow the curve". We watched him do exactly that until he got to the main break. The waves were big today (much bigger than they look in our iPhone pics) but they were breaking very evenly.
All the Pro Tournament Champions (men and women) are listed on the stairs down to the beach (starting from 1985).
Surfers Point was crowded this morning despite the weather being so cold ........
Instead of walking we decided to drive to Gnarabup Beach and warm ourselves with a coffee from the White Elephant Beach Cafe and save our energy for walking the next section of our trek plan .....
There were terrible fires in this area in late 2021. We've seen a lot of evidence of regrowth especially in the forest areas and coastal scrublands around here, but apparently a lot of beach infrastructure burnt as well. The White Elephant Cafe was in the midst of a major upgrade during our visit....
We eventually got to Redgate Beach and set out on the 7klm track to Conto Beach - but only a kilometre in we got waylaid by this creek crossing .........
Neither of us were prepared to do a water crossing and get wet sandy feet on this cold blustery day so back to the car we went - we're obviously not serious Cape to Cape trackers are we?
We explored the burnt-out coastal scrubland around Conto Beach for a while - astounded at the regrowth of the rampant grass trees (Xanthorrhoea). Around Canberra grass trees are exotic, expensive and have to be coddled. But here they were growing back like weeds - and the fierce fires had burnt through here only 9 months ago!
We enjoyed a late lunch in Witchcliffe before heading back to Margaret River town for a few hours of getting organised for our trek back to Perth tomorrow before hitting Swings and Roundabouts for one last pizza feast before we leave this very special part of the world.
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