Kimberley: Glycosmis Bay

 

Blue Nomads are a bit like Grey Nomads, we pass each other often and catch up for sundowners and chats now and then.  By the time we sailed into Glycosmis Bay there were 3 boats already there and 2 more behind us. Word was out that barramundi, snapper and jacks were biting, and so all the dinghies set off for fishing again. Such a pretty spot to spend a few days and explore The Lost City.  To reach the walk we dinghied 1.5 nm around to a small beach and pulled the dinghy up high on the sand, then a scramble under trees to the start of the climb, which was easier than previous climbs.  

Wildflowers interspersed the rocks and boulders, red-winged parrots flew by and we found the first Bradshaw painting under a cave.  There were remnants of ancient campfires at the edge and you could imagine a family sitting around telling their stories to the children.

High in the cliff behind us, a peregrine falcon returned to feed young and became annoyed with a circling sea-eagle so chased it away. 

Jabiru take-off!

A lone jabiru was feeding along the sandspit at the corner of the bay near a pair of pied oystercatchers, then 4 brolgas flew across the gorge in perfect formation. 

On our morning beach walk we found an abandoned nest of red-capped plovers and a fresh croc slide into the mangroves beyond the sand.  Keep walking!