With slightly groggy heads after the first night in the van, a BBQ in the Ku-ring-gai National park, followed by a walk on the Birrawanna track seemed an ideal way to perk up. With rain threatening followed by bursts of sunshine we headed up the hill, with the deafening cacophony of the beetles around (cicadas?). On the way back down, an echidna rustled past, as oblivious to us as the possum from the night before.
With late afternoon approaching, it was time to find a beach (it's been 2 days!!), although many of the east coast beaches were shut due to large waves, so no swimming or bodyboarding. First beach was Bilgola, reputed to have red sands, and to be fair they did have an orange hue, but no more than Palm beach, film set for the venerable Aussie soap Home and Away. Avoiding the waves crashing high up the beach, we found the Alf Stewart's diner and other scenes familiar to Caroline (I obviously had no idea what Home and Away was ;-) )
Finally we took the easy option and stayed in the same camp site s before, well with no one turning up to collect fees, it's a bargain!