We have ventured into the southern part of Lake Macquarie at last. On arrival at Pulbar Island we noticed that the courtesy mooring on the northern side was vacant so we grabbed it and went ashore to circumnavigate the island on foot. After an hour of walking along the sandy/pebbly beach we came to a rocky platform area that was easy going. The island is bushy and too hard to penetrate very far into so staying by the shore is the best option. Not long after the platform area the rocks became larger and steeper until we finally couldn't go any further as the cliff plunged straight into the water. We were only a few hundred metres from Rene and had to turn and make our way back the way we had come. Oh well, we earned dinner that night.
A pair of beautiful little wild ducks swam up to the boat hoping for a feed, so of course we gave in and fed them some seedy bread. There didn't seem to be much bird life on the island and we could only hear a few bird calls in the evening. We did however see a huge Lace Monitor on our walk. It must have got a fright as we approached because it shot up the nearest tree and I nearly did too.
The next day we decided to motor over to Murray Beach, which is just south of Swansea on the eastern side of the lake. Again there are two courtesy moorings here and we took one and then went ashore to take a closer look at the delightful looking park we could see. Up on the hill is a relatively new subdivision, but a large area in front has been left as parkland with huge trees and lawn underneath. Nearby we discovered a coffee shop which had a view to die for, so of course we had to try it out and were suitably impressed. The bird life here was amazing. It was like being in a natural aviary complete with nests in the trees nearby. We will probably spend a bit more time here after our trip to Port Stephens and the Broughton Is.
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