Temporary Tourist – Hallett Cove Conservation Park

It promised to be a beautiful day so we decided Hallett Cove would be a great place to spend some time.

There is an excellent boardwalk and some challenging steps for anyone with dodgy knees!

First of all I need to say although Fergus is looking cute in some photos he shouldn’t have been in the Conservation Park. I think I was so busy composing a photo of “The Crocks” reading the information board with the Park name in the foreground that I didn’t actually read the sign! There were also some small bushes hiding part of it.

Park information Boards

First interesting rock formation we came across showed sedimentary layers deposited in a glacial lake around 270 million years ago.

Ripple marks can be seen in a layer.

I thought the steps would present a problem but the knees all kept working the way they should.

The lower red layers contain boulders and sediment from the lake bottom, next layer is sand and the top one clay.

The SugarLoaf -this area was under ice 280 million years ago.

“Two crocks with crooks” – caption supplied by one of the stars!

Looking north from the Sugarloaf

Boardwalks around the eroded rocks.

No more steps for the moment.

Those steps are now behind us.

No more steps for the moment.

Great idea to take some water.

I went down onto the beach to get some photos of the Two Crocks with Crooks climbing up to the Lookout.

WHOOPS! No dogs allowed! Lucky I went down onto the beach.

I’m on the beach now, that’s OK.

The Two Crocks on top of the lookout – not a bad effort eh?

A favourite spot – on top of a rock.

Hallett Cove beach has amazing pebbles and rocks.

Someone was searching in amongst the millions of pebbles with a metal detector.

Like looking for a needle in a haystack!

What kind of needle?

Back at home and some lovely natives put in an appearance.

Koala visitor

Musk Lorikeet