After hanging out at Chris's for the first part of the day. Chris, Emily, Ally and I decided to go for a walk along the coast for some exercise and sightseeing. The hike was supposedly 4-5 miles in length along the coast.
We got off the train at a town called Gryygong or something like that. We had to walk from the train station to where the hike actually began. That in itself was probably 1 1/2 miles.
This was the start of the coastal walk to Kiama as the sign indicates. The views were awesome and this beach was nice looking!
This was looking back from the ocean where a river connects with the beach at high tide. Look at those mountains behind Ally. Some beautiful scenery.
As we climbed, we found out that the meadows were kept short by cows grazing in the area.
Ally and I doing our best imitation of explorers that had come long before us and made the trail.
Everytime I look at the coast, I am amazed at the diversity of how the land and water meet. Sometimes it is sand, sometimes it is gravel, and sometimes it is just cliffs.
At some parts the grass was rather high, but that aside, can you imagine what it would be like if there were no civilization here? Look at that view! Green rolling hills leading up to a mountain in the background, so epic!
A view of the path we followed.
That is a patch of rainforest that has survived throughout the years of deforestation and clearing of the land by farmers. There is also an underwater cave to the bottom right of the mound.
I don't know what else to say other than: this coastline is amazing.
When the sun would come out from behind the clouds it really made the colors of nature come out in full force.
This is an albatross bird. The wingspan on this thing was huge! Check out some facts if you're interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross
Anyway, at the end of our walk, it was another four mile walk to the train station of Kiama. It was well worth it though as we got ice cream to reward our hike! It was loads of fun.
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